3 more Putnam County students accused of making school threats on Thursday
Dozens of school threats have been reported since a deadly school shooting at a Georgia high school earlier this month, including several locally.
At least 20 students arrested on First Coast since Georgia high school mass shooting
At least 20 students have been arrested around the First Coast since the mass shooting at a Georgia high school in early September, according to local law enforcement agencies. A 14-year-old gunman entered Apalachee High School on Sept.
Two dozen Florida school students arrested after allegedly making threats since start of academic year
Polk County, Florida, law enforcement and school administrators are working together to hold students who make threats to schools accountable for their actions.
Rise in students making threats of violence to Polk schools, 24 arrested
Polk County Public Schools has seen an alarming increase in students making online threats to either bomb or shoot up a school. In the first 28 days of school there have been 24 students arrested.
Superintendent, sheriff warn of rise in students making threats against schools in Polk
In the 28 days since school began in August, law enforcement had arrested 24 students for making threats, Polk Superintendent Frederick Heid said
Superintendent says 5 arrests made after school threats
Memphis-Shelby County Schools Superintendent Dr. Marie Feagins says five arrests were made following a series of school threats made Wednesday.
WATCH: Sheriff Grady Judd speaks on efforts to combat school threats
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd and Superintendent Frederick Heid of Polk County Public Schools in Florida held a joint news conference about combating the recent spike in online school threats.
Polk Co. superintendent, sheriff on school threats
Polk County Superintendent Fred Heid and Sheriff Grady Judd spoke on school safety and recent arrests for student threats in the wake of the Apalachee High School shooting in Georgia.
24 Polk County students arrested for written threats since start of 2024 school year, authorities say
Since the start of the 2024-2025 school year in Polk County, 24 students have been arrested for written or online threats, Superintendent Fred Heid announced on Thursday.
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Schools Respond to Surge of Threats After Georgia School Shooting
Bomb threats, copycats, and pranks—some from outside the United States—have disrupted schools across the nation.
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On the heels of Georgia high school shooting, Collier County school officials provide update
Officials said so far this school year four students have been arrested for either posting an online threat or bringing a ...
4 Lewisville middle schoolers charged with making social media threats
Four Lewisville ISD middle schoolers are facing criminal charges concerning social media threats against their school.
Georgia school shooting may have been an "impetus" for Pittsburgh-area threats, FBI says
Social media threats have targeted more than a dozen Pittsburgh-area school districts, resulting in lockdowns, closures and a ...
Another Riverside teen girl arrested as school threats spread ‘like wildfire’
Police in Riverside arrested a 15-year-old girl Wednesday who they said made violent threats on social media against Ramona ...
School threats spread across the country after Georgia school shooting, what can be done?
This surge in threats puts additional pressure on law enforcement to carefully evaluate between credible threats and those that are not.
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School threats abound in Florida. Here’s how parents can help kids
A wave of threats have rocked schools across the country since a Georgia high school shooting earlier this month left four ...
Donna Vickroy: Are school safety threats the new normal? Onus is on kids — and parents — to take action
The community is the hero in Tinley Park, Elgin, Joliet and many other Chicago-area towns, where alert and responsive kids ...
New Mexico Attorney General calls for tougher penalties for school threats
School started just last month and there has already been a spike in lockdowns over students making threats. The state’s top ...