school threats

Hundreds of threats were made at Florida and U.S. schools in September following a deadly school shooting in Georgia.

A wave of threats have rocked schools across the country since a Georgia high school shooting earlier this month left four dead.

State Attorney Jack Campbell says his office is scaling up its efforts to go after students who bring weapons to school and make threats. His comments come after scores of worried parents rushed to Godby this week to get their kids after a rumor of a potential shooting on campus began circulating on social media.

Frustration over fears of school violence erupted Thursday at Godby High School after nothing actually happened. But the rumors of a potential incident at the school were enough to send worried parents rushing to the school to get their kids.

The 15-year-old is accused of making social media threats about violence at the school and claimed to have a firearm on campus.

A tool for reporting suspicious activity online was set up by the state in 2018 to bolster school safety, but it has been inundated with false or “spam” reports.

The state wants kids to understand the trouble they can get into by making school threats. So, the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice has launched an…

In the wake of two recent mass shootngs, two local students, one from Leon and another from Wakulla County, have been arrested for making veiled threats…

Two Leon County students have been arrested for threatening to shoot their classmates. The Leon County Sheriffs office says the teens discussed the idea…

A measure that would expand Florida’s rules on issuing threats is moving forward. Officials are pointing to the many copycat threats made following the…