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, local and federal law enforcement officials said Friday.
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.
4 Lewisville ISD students arrested for making school threats
Four Lewisville Independent School District students are facing charges for allegedly posting school threats in an attempt to get out of class, police said.
After 'alarming number' of threats against Texas schools, leaders ask community for help
Officials said they treat all concerns seriously and want help in creating a culture where all violent threats against schools are unacceptable.
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
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.
Woman charged with calling in shooting threat to N.J school
A 28-year-old Atlantic County woman was arrested at her home after authorities said she called in a shooting threat to a school in Cape May County on Thursday. The Corbin City resident was charged with creating a false public alarm,
Threats of violence vex Florida schools as parents seek greater security
Rampant threats of violence continue to vex school and law enforcement officials in the weeks after a school shooting massacre outside of Atlanta. “We have received tons and tons and tons,” Pinellas County superintendent Kevin Hendrick told his school board this week.
Louisiana State Police monitoring as threats against schools rise in US. Here’s how to help.
The agency said it is not aware of any credible threats made to Louisiana schools but is monitoring tips, leads and information sources while working with federal, state and local partners to investigate.
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Attorney weighs in on prosecuting difficult-to-track school threats
CBS 6 continues to look into the threats being made across our local school districts, with the latest impacting Schenectady ...
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 ...
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School threats strain law enforcement resources in Pennsylvania
School threats in the Susquehanna Valley and across Pennsylvania are not only causing emotional distress for students, ...
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School Threats Reported at Two Wausau-Area Schools
Threatening messages were reported at Horace Mann Middle School in Wausau and the D.C. Everest Middle School in Weston this ...