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 appearances, and videos of students urging their peers to be careful what they post online.
Documents suggest motive for threats against school, police
A Goshen man allegedly said he wanted to scare people when he posted threats online aimed at the school district and police. Andre Smith, 18, faces two counts of intimidation after he was arrested Wednesday for alleged murder threats.
St. Louis-area schools, police overwhelmed by alarming rise in school threats
Authorities in the St. Louis region say the alarming increase in schools threats are draining resources, both from schools and police agencies who respond.
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.
Police investigating threats on TikTok against Lancaster County school district
The threat, which was circulating social media Thursday night, is being investigated by the West Lampeter Police Department, the same department that locked down a school Thursday morning for a reported active shooter.
Threats continue to cause disruptions at Susquehanna Valley schools
Six Susquehanna Valley school districts investigated online threats this week alone. With only 117 in MLB history, an immaculate inning is rarer than a no-hitter. District Judge Kevin Mullins, 54, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Mercer County Schools taking precautions again after out-of-state threats
Sep. 19—princeton — Area schools were still taking precautions Wednesday with help from local law enforcement while threats from out-of-state sources continued to be traced and investigated. Superintendent Edward Toman and Safety Coordinator Melissa Clemons issued a statement about threats that were made against local schools,
School districts team up with police for threats
A sixth Hays CISD student has been arrested and charged for allegedly making a school shooting threat against two middle schools.
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 ...
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, ...
CT school threats 'shake everybody to the core.' Dozens of incidents taking toll on communities
Since Sept. 4, there have been more than 35 Connecticut school threats that experts say have taken a toll on law enforcement ...
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2 students arrested after making threats at Rutherford High School on Friday, officials say
Two students were arrested Friday, one for lying about a potential threat, the other for threatening violence via text, ...
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Multiple teenagers arrested in connection to school threats, weapons found on campus
Multiple students facing serious charges following a scary week on Mid-South school campuses this week. Wednesday, thousands ...
Carson middle school target of 2 threats in one week; parents, students concerned
Parents and students at Stephen M. White Middle School in Carson are concerned, after the school received multiple threats of ...
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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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 ...
Threats made against Pine-Richland School District deemed to be swatting calls from Australia
The FBI and Northern Regional Police Department have learned that two threats made against the district originated from ...