15-year-old is Sixth Teen to Threaten a Long Island School in One Week, Cops Say

A 15-12 months-old boy was arrested Friday in link with a social media menace to dedicate violence at Commack Middle College, Suffolk County Law enforcement explained.

The teen, whose identify was not unveiled since he is a minor, allegedly made the danger on Instagram Are living on May 31. He is not a pupil at the middle faculty, even so. He was charged with generating a terrorist menace and next-degree aggravated harassment, and he was established to be arraigned on Friday.

The menace will come right after Suffolk police noted that three youngsters ended up arrested for separately threatening to commit mass shootings at two East Finish schools in two times, and about a 7 days just after the May 24 Texas elementary university massacre.

Two 15-calendar year-outdated boys have been accused of making threats against Riverhead Superior Faculty in significantly less than 24 several hours and a 13-year-previous boy produced a menace towards Westhampton Seashore Middle School on Thursday, Riverhead Town and Westhampton Beach front Village police said.

“I’m gonna shoot up the faculty,” the to start with of the a few boys allegedly yelled in a classroom shortly soon after 1 p.m. Wednesday, in accordance to investigators. Riverhead Significant School protection immediately detained the boy and law enforcement, who ended up already at the university for an unrelated incident, took the teenager into custody.

Then soon ahead of 8 a.m. Thursday, Riverhead police responded to the high school yet again soon after obtaining a report that yet another teenager posted a menace of violence in opposition to his classmates on his Instagram account. In his posts, he pointed out the teenager who was arrested the former working day.

“IMMA Send Photographs flying at the college for [redacted],” the teenager allegedly posted, law enforcement reported, as perfectly as, “I HOPE I GET LOCKED UP SO I CAN SEE [redacted] AND WE CAN Both of those Defeat THE Situation SO THEN Both equally OF US CAN Boom THE University.”

Riverhead law enforcement searched both equally teens and their properties and observed no weapons. Each and every was detained at Nassau County Juvenile Detention Facility pending their original courtroom visual appeal.

Then in the 3rd case, a 13-12 months-outdated pupil advised other learners and Westhampton faculty officials on Thursday early morning that he was heading to “shoot the school” because he was irritated and discouraged with his classmates, law enforcement claimed. He claimed he was becoming picked on and this was the only way to address the trouble, authorities extra.

The boys have been each and every billed with a felony rely of making a terroristic threat, a felony punishable by up to four years in prison, if convicted. They are experiencing the costs in Suffolk youth court.

In addition, a 16-12 months-aged boy from Bellport allegedly created identical threats on the internet of a “massive shooting” at Bellport Large University on May 26. And an 18-yr-aged Westbury High College university student was arrested May well 31 in link with violent threats he allegedly built towards college students and college, authorities claimed. Police across LI and statewide have been on superior warn considering the fact that the Texas college capturing.

These nearby threats came days just after an 18-year-previous gunman killed 19 children and two grownups at Robb Elementary University in Uvalde, Texas — the deadliest elementary faculty mass capturing given that December 2012, when 20 initial graders and six educators were being killed at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn. The Westhampton teen cited Uvalde while building his alleged danger.

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