PINELLAS PARK â Pinellas County Sheriffâs deputies arrested a 13-year-old student at Pinellas Park Middle School Feb. 22 after she threatened to shoot up her school in a Snapchat post.
She was transported to the Juvenile Assessment Center and charged with written threats to conduct a mass shooting.
According to a media release, investigators received an anonymous tip on the night of Feb. 21, stating that the 13-year-old had threatened to shoot up her school in a Snapchat post, which was reposted to TikTok.
In the post, the girl wrote, I m Can t be the only one who want to shoot up my school, not going to do it just a thought. It then reads, Are you ok, no it s Monday tomorrow.
A boy, 15, was arrested at his high school and is facing charges in the shooting death of a woman, 32, during a drug buy in Boynton Beach, police said.
LAKE WALES A 68-year-old school bus attendant and a 15-year-old Frostproof Middle/Senior High student face felony charges after Polk County sheriff’s deputies say they got into a fight on a school bus Wednesday afternoon.
Deputies say special needs substitute bus attendant Algarene Richards was possibly videotaping Jayvyn McFadden because he had his feet on a bus seat. Richards later told deputies that McFadden told her he was going to take her phone, to which she responded, “Go ahead” or “Take it.”
Deputies, who viewed a video of the incident, said McFadden can be seen taking Richards’ phone. They say Richards is then seen on the video punching McFadden in the face with a closed fist. McFadden then grabbed Richards, who fell to the ground with McFadden still holding her arms.
But they say the district is refusing to do so.
The attack happened on Nov. 5 when a student grabbed Gregory Lemire’s daughter by her pony tail when the two were leaving their fifth-period class. Another student, who clearly knew this was about to happen, was video recording as they walked down the hall. Within the span of 16 seconds, a girl can be seen slamming Lemire’s daughter to the floor twice and hitting her at least 25 times. Her father said she was knocked unconscious at one point.
Finally, a teacher can be heard saying, “Hey, hey, hey break it up!”