Days after posting mugshot of a boy accused of school threat, Florida sheriff puts video of 2 teens online
Around the country, communities are being battered by a wave of school shooting threats, sparking emergency notifications, urgent group chats and heightened fears among parents that their child’s school could be the next Parkland or Sandy Hook or Uvalde — or any other town hit by mass shootings.
Days after posting mugshot of a boy accused of school threat, sheriff puts video of 2 teens online
On Florida’s Atlantic coast, Sheriff Mike Chitwood of Volusia County said he got some of these same notifications after he walked his grandchildren to school this week. “It just stuck with me because my cell phone was going off telling me about the ...
Sheriff posts two more videos identifying teenage suspects in school threats
A sheriff in Florida who released the mug shot and a “perp walk” video earlier this week of an 11-year-old accused of threatening to shoot up a school released two new videos of teenagers he says made similar threats.
Pierson students warned by school about posting shooting threats and then did it anyway
A 17-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy were arrested Wednesday after posting on Snapchat that they would shoot up T. Dewitt Taylor-Middle High School.
Sheriff's Posting of the Mugshot of a Boy Accused of School Threat Draws Praise, Criticism
Across the country, communities are being battered by a wave of school shooting threats, with a stream of emergency notifications and group chat messages sparking parents’ fears that their kid’s schoo
Florida sheriff posts mug shot of 11-year-old charged in fake school shooting threat
Frustrated with a recent string of false school shooting threats, a Florida sheriff released a mugshot of an 11-year-old who allegedly made threats.
Teen 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.
Florida sheriff shares mugshot of 11-year-old accused of threatening mass shooting
A sheriff in Florida is making an example of an 11-year-old boy who allegedly made a hit list and planned to commit a school shooting.
2 more students arrested after making threats toward Taylor Middle-High in Pierson
PIERSON — Two more students were arrested Wednesday after posting a shooting threat on Snapchat that forced T. DeWitt Taylor ...
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Florida sheriff posts arrest video of two teens accused of making school threat
Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood said he got some of these same notifications after he walked his grandchildren to school this week. "It just stuck with me because my cell phone was going off ...
Chitwood's 'outing' of minor offenders is not new, but it may have drawn the most publicity
Butterworth, Florida's attorney general from 1987 to 2002. The new statute says the "name, photograph, address, ...
The social media verdict is in! Sheriff Mike Chitwood's plan to shame kids draws support.
Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood's decision to publicly shame a boy who threatened to shoot up two Florida schools was met with ...
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Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood has a message to Volusia County parents and students
Sheriff Mike Chitwood addressed parents and students today on the ongoing increase in school violence threats in Volusia ...
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VCS, sheriff Mike Chitwood reinforce seriousness of making school threats after several incidents reported at local schools
Four juveniles, the youngest being a 10-year-old boy at Westside Elementary, have made threats to shoot students this week.
Angry Sheriff Mike Chitwood warns 'swatters' and their parents they may get 'perp walk'
Volusia County Schools received 54 false threats Thursday. Officials ask for parental intervention, highlight potential ...
Sheriff in Florida to publicly shame students and parents for bogus threats
A sheriff in Florida has had it with bogus school threats.Volusia County, Florida Sheriff Mike Chitwood has a new plan to ...