15-year-old arrested for making threat to school on Fortnite, says Sheriff Chitwood
VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood announced on social media that they’ve arrested a 15-year-old student for a hoax threat Sunday morning. The teen who was playing Fortnite told another player of his plans to blow up Pine Ridge High School.
Second teen found accused of making school shooting threats
Two days after a teenager was apprehended and charged for making threats against the Newton school district and one day after a student threatened a teacher, police have arrested another teen who has also been accused of threatening a school shooting and harming a student at their home.
Threat made against Chelmsford High School deemed ‘not credible,’ police say
Police are investigating a threat made against a Massachusetts high school Friday morning, but have deemed it “not credible,” the police department said Sunday afternoon.
Police arrest 15-year old for making social media threats against DC schools
Police on Friday arrested a 15-year old boy on charges related to threats on social media that prompted an increased police presence at multiple schools in the nation's capital.
Maryland teen arrested in connection to D.C. school threats, police say
A 15-year-old boy from Brandywine, Md., has been charged with making threats to kidnap or injure a person. A 15-year-old Maryland teen was arrested Friday after D.C. police said he used social media to threaten several schools in the District.
Maryland schools face a slew of social media threats and more top stories
September 21, 2024
Social media contributing to rise in school threats
Tranquil and mild for Friday night football games. A First Alert on Saturday for the risk of storms later in the afternoon to the evening. Some might be strong.
Amid an increase in school threats, officials calling for harsher consequences - "There has to be some price paid."
After being the target of threats twice in the last week, some in Woodland Hills want to see harsher punishment for those ...
Schools are seeing an increase in threats, just how many and what is being done
During the 2022 - 23 school year, the Office of School Safety received 84 threats. This school year they’ve received 115 ...
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A Surge of Violent School Threats Creates a Communication Crisis for Districts
As schools face a widespread surge in violent threats, districts have rushed to respond through parent meetings, local press ...
Texas schools plagued by threats as TEA considers cell phone ban; Congress looks at kids’ social media
Just weeks into the school year, Texas school districts responded to numerous violent threats, with Nexstar's Texas stations ...
Are Germantown, Collierville schools on lockdown? No, but more threats increase security
The news comes a day after a "mass lockdown" at Memphis-Shelby County Schools schools due to several threats made to campuses ...
21 Juveniles Charged With Making School Threats in South Carolina
The charges are part of a sprawling investigation into more than 60 threats targeting schools in 23 counties since a mass ...
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Threats continue to cause disruptions at south-central Pennsylvania schools
Police in Lancaster County investigated a threat against the Lampeter-Strasburg School District. West Lampeter Township ...
Children, parents charged as police crack down on school threats: 'They think this is funny'
The number of threats of violence against area schools has risen to the dozens as school safety concerns spike nationwide, ...