Posts Tagged ‘school safety’
Sheriff: Harford County student arrested after school threat made on Snapchat
The Harford County Sheriff’s Office is warning of an increase in threats made against schools, including one that resulted in an arrest overnight. The sheriff’s office said deputies became aware early Wednesday morning of a claim circulating on Snapchat about “shooting up the school, this is a threat.” At 2:20 a.m., deputies knocked on doors…
Read MoreArizona 12-year-old arrested in connection to Milwaukee-area school threats
A 12-year-old Arizona girl is in police custody after a threat investigation at a Milwaukee area school. Police in Buckeye, Arizona, said Milwaukee officers contacted the department after linking a threat to a home’s IP address in the city about 40 miles west of Phoenix. Investigators interviewed the child and collected evidence, leading to her…
Read MoreTeen with handgun arrested after posting social media threat to St. Louis County high school
Police in St. Louis County, Missouri, said they thwarted a possible school shooting, arresting a 16-year-old boy who was armed with a handgun after the teen had posted a social media video showing him pointing a gun at the camera and tagging a high school. The St. Ann Police Department received a tip around 1…
Read More12-year-old boy stabs and injures six children at a school in Portugal
Portugal was shaken Tuesday when a 12-year-old boy stabbed and injured six other children in a rare episode of violence inside a school. Portuguese national police said that the victims were from 11 to 14 years old in the attack at the school in Azambuja near Lisbon. One boy was seriously injured with a chest…
Read MoreVolusia 11-year-old arrested for making shooting threats; weapons, kill list found
Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood announced the arrest of an 11-year-old boy who he said had a kill list and was making threats at two different schools. Chitwood took to Facebook on Monday to say: “As promised, we just arrested a Creekside Middle School student who made threats to commit a school shooting at Creekside…
Read MoreStudents arrested amid rash of reported school threats in Knox County
Several Knox County schools have been named in threats circulating on social media according to the Knox County Sheriff’s Office. On September 10, KCSO shared that its juvenile crimes unit was “actively investigating an online threat that has been circulating, naming numerous schools.” The sheriff’s office added they plan to charge those responsible to the…
Read MoreTeen Charged With Killing 4 At Georgia High School Had Been Focus Of Earlier Tips About Threats
More than a year ago, tips about online posts threatening a school shooting led Georgia police to interview a 13-year-old boy, but investigators didn’t have enough evidence for an arrest. On Wednesday, that boy opened fire at his high school outside Atlanta and killed four people and wounded nine, officials said. The teen has been…
Read MoreShooter Kills 4 And Injures At Least 9 At A High School Outside Atlanta, Officials Say
Four people were killed and at least nine were injured Wednesday in a shooting at a high school outside of Atlanta where students ran to seek safety in the football stadium, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said. Shots were fired Wednesday morning, and officers swarmed the campus of Apalachee High School as parents raced to…
Read More15-year-old charged after bomb threats made against his high school
A 15-year-old was charged after allegedly making bomb threats against his Maryland high school in May, police said. According to the Montgomery County Police Department, the teen allegedly worked with a 12-year-old boy from Pennsylvania to call in the threats to Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, prompting the school to go into lockdown. The 15-year-old found…
Read MoreBethesda-Chevy Chase student charged with false threat that drew SWAT response
A 15-year-old student at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School — working in concert with a 12-year-old in Pennsylvania whom he met online — was accused Monday of making bomb threats that sent the school into lockdown and drew in a SWAT team several months ago, according to Montgomery County Police officials. The older teen, according to…
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