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Ten-year-old Florida student arrested for threatening text about shooting up school, sheriff issues warning

May 30, 2022 | | Print Article

A Florida Sheriff sent a clear message to his community and the nation Saturday when he arrested a 10-year-old boy and declared, “now is not the time to act like a little delinquent.”

As questions surround the decision-making of authorities on the scene at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas where 19 children and two teachers were massacred Tuesday, trust in law enforcement has been shaken for some. With parents on edge and maintaining safety paramount, Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno demonstrated threats can no longer be considered idle.

Saturday, it was reported to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) that a fifth-grade student at Patriot Elementary School in Cape Coral, FL had allegedly sent a threatening text message that he intended to conduct a mass shooting at the school.

The school was conducting their promotion ceremony for their fifth graders on that same day and had made a point of honoring the victims of the tragedy in Texas. When the LCSO learned of the alleged threat, the information was conveyed to their Youth Services Criminal Investigations Division who saw fit to bring the youth in for questioning by a detective. An arrest was made and he was charged for his written threat.

Marceno said in a statement, “This student’s behavior is sickening, especially after the recent tragedy in Uvalde, Texas. Making sure our children are safe is paramount. We will have law and order in our schools! My team didn’t hesitate one second…NOT ONE SECOND, to investigate this threat.”

“Right now is not the time to act like a little delinquent,” he explained. “It’s not funny. This child made a fake threat, and now he’s experiencing real consequences.”

Since the tragedy in Texas, Marceno has emphasized the role of the Sheriff’s Office in protecting the community and he has reiterated in several videos, “You don’t get to shoot our children. You bring deadly force in this country, we are going to kill you.”

“Present deadly physical force in one of our schools,” Marceno said, “we’re not waiting one second. We are going to kill you, cause you can’t kill evil enough.”

Cape Coral, Fla. isn’t the only place taking extra precautions. According to Newsweek, Suffolk County police arrested a 16-year-old from Bellport High School in Long Island, N.Y. when he posted threats against his school on his Instagram account.

“We take these threats seriously and will devote our resources to ensuring the safety of our children,” District Attorney Raymond Tierney told the media after the boy’s home had been searched and an interview was conducted deeming him to not be a genuine threat.

An 18-year-old in Lutz, Fla. was also investigated when he posted photos of himself holding what turned out to be airsoft guns with the caption, “Hey Siri, directions to the nearest school.” Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister said, “This type of threat is unacceptable. This man intentionally instilled fear into our community as a sick joke, but be warned, this is no laughing matter.”

“We will do everything within our power to apprehend, and pursue charges on those who make school-based threats. Protecting students is our greatest priority. We take school threats very seriously, if you see something suspicious, please contact us immediately,” Chronister went on. This 18-year-old was charged with a “written or electronic threat to conduct a mass shooting or act of terrorism.”

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14 thoughts on “Ten-year-old Florida student arrested for threatening text about shooting up school, sheriff issues warning”

  1. Time for the parents to put that child over their knee and apply some much needed sharp swats to the behind.
    In the seventies, the father would have taken a child like this over his knee many times before he threatened violence against other people and taught the boy he will not tolerate misbehavior. Yes, spankings were a thing back then. Kids toed the line because they KNEW their father would set a fire in their behind if they caused problems.
    (cue the comments of Child abuse)

    No one shot up schools in the the sixties, and seventies but guns were all available then too. My generation grew up with teens having rifles and shotguns for hunting displayed in the second or third hand vehicles they proudly drove. Most kids were not awarded a brand new expensive vehicle just because they survived to turn sixteen years old. They were lucky if they were given the clunker that the older brother or sister had used at one time which was a family vehicle.

  3. This is the time for no BS punishment. He should be red flagged against gun ownership until he’s 25 and only then reassessed

  5. Where are the parents of these kids? Do they have any idea or even care what they are doing? They need to take that phone away. 10 year olds don’t have the intellectual capacity to understand the things they read on the internet and properly process the information. The only thing he understood was how to get attention, and in the process he terrorizes the community.

    1. Sad part is ….it was 10 year olds shot in Texas. Now a 10 year old makes a threat?

  6. They see politicians and celebrities do this all the time without consequences. Anyone threatening the life of another should be arrested and dealt with. it is time to take a stand on stupid. We never use to take these types of comments with a grain of salt but now we see it happens constantly. Good examples is Modona threatening to blow up the White House, Kathy Griffin with the Presidents severed head, Snoop Dog shooting the President in the head and the list goes on.

  7. What is wrong with these kids – don’t they realize they would get arrested? I think they all need to go into some sort of juvenile detention and put thru therapy – mandatory! They need to know jail life and if they do these things this will be their life……they also need the therapy to help them but also to find out why they are doing this – parents also should be involved and mandatory in this

    1. The parents, if they have any, should be horse whipped! It’s the way the kids are brought up these days.

  8. If you see something, say something, as long as the person making the threat is white.
    Otherwise you’re a rascist

  10. GOOD, this is what’s needed. Scare the crap out of these kids, make sure they KNOW that they will be arrested, that these incidents are not fun & games, not a video game. This action should also put this kid on a special watch list that some authority can keep an eye on him and stay involved with him. Hopefully, he and the authorities get family support. It sounds to me that he needs to go out back to cut his own switch so his Dad can amply apply it on that well-appointed back side.

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