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.
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, officials say.
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.
Two Warren Township students arrested for making threats against schools, records show
Two Warren Township students ages, 12 and 15, were arrested after allegedly making school threats online. A third threat was also investigated.
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 a shooting in less than a week. The tension has led some students to stay home due to fear,
Beaufort Co. student charged with making school threat after weeks of statewide chaos
The Beaufort-area student is one of 21 juveniles charged for the recent wave of school shooting threats in South Carolina, according to state police.
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.
Ellicott School District 22 sends students home early after noncredible threats
Students were sent home early today in Ellicott School District 22 in eastern El Paso County. The sheriff's office says it was a precautionary move based on an unknown threat.
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Two Memphis teens charged as investigation continues into threats made against Mid-South schools
MPD announced Friday that two teens were charged in connection with threats as Whitehaven and Cordova High Schools.
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 ...
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 ...