Dozens of school threats have been reported since a deadly school shooting at a Georgia high school earlier this month, including several locally.
3 more Putnam County students accused of making school threats on ThursdayGet ready to travel this fall with these Insider DealsGov. Ron DeSantis said the growing number of threats “is not a joke,” and anyone caught making a threat will be punished.“If you’re doing that, you’re going to be held accountable,” DeSantis said. “You look at people around the state, I think they are taking it very seriously.
The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office has shared several mugshots this week of children and young teens accused of making threats, including three on Thursday alone. The county has made an arrest related to a school threat almost every day this week.On Monday, a 13-year-old Palatka Junior-Senior High School student and an 11-year-old student at Putnam Academy of Arts and Sciences were charged related to school threats.
“They purposely disrupted a class, causing fear and panic among the other students. They clearly do not care that they have received chances to improve and so they can spend some time at the Department of Juvenile Justice,” Putnam County Sheriff H.D. “Gator” DeLoach said. “If they continue at this level, the prison system is where they will spend the majority of their lives.”
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