Snapchat Threats Of Shooting At Bloomingdale High Leads To Arrests – Patch

VALRICO, FL — The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office arrested two 14-year-old middle school students Tuesday for creating various threatening posts on the social media platform Snapchat. The posts were made between May 11 and May 13, and contained pictures of guns with imposed messages threatening violence at Bloomingdale High School.Deputies say the juveniles claimed the posts were made “as a joke and to be funny.” However, the sheriff’s office took the threats seriously and initiated a criminal investigation in collaboration with the FBI. Find out what’s happening in Bloomingdale-Riverviewwith free, real-time updates from Patch.”The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office takes all threats to our schools and community seriously, regardless of the intent,” said Sheriff Chad Chronister. “We will continue to investigate and prosecute those who make threats, whether intended as a joke or not.”The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office School Threat Assessment Response Unit tracked down the teens responsible and both confessed to deputies. Neither teen attends Bloomingdale High School. Deputies do not know why the teens focused their comments on that school.The teens were arrested and transported to the Juvenile Assessment Center where they were charged with a second-degree felony for a written or electronic threat to conduct a mass shooting
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