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A Brooklyn teen was busted for allegedly making multiple threats to schools across Texas and Florida – even personally targeting a relative of one of the victims ofThe 16-year-old boy was picked up May 1 at his Brooklyn home and charged with one felony count of making terroristic threats, the Uvalde Police Department said Wednesday.
In addition to the threats to the Uvalde shooting victim’s family, he is accused of making multiple “swatting” – or false report – calls and sending threats to the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District on social media back in January, police said. The Brooklyn teen is accused of sending threats directly to a family member of an Uvalde shooting victim on TikTok, police said.He also admitted to making multiple swatting calls to schools and law enforcement agencies in Uvalde and San Antonio, as well as Coral Springs, and Parkland, Florida, authorities said. Those threats came a short time after the calls in Uvalde – and investigators ultimately tracked the caller to the New York area, police said. College student faces deportation after running red light — police discover her family's been living illegally in US for years Biden reveals on 'The View' he ‘wasn't surprised’ Trump defeated Harris in 2024 election, says Americans are sexist The teen also fessed up to researching active shooter incidents and monitoring social media accounts for law enforcement agencies and students in the Uvalde school district, cops said. In addition to Uvalde, the teen is also accused of “swatting” schools in San Antonio and Florida, police said.A 3-month investigation dubbed “Long Arm of Justice” involving 14 agencies across Texas, Florida and New York ultimately led detectives from the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office to the teen’s home. Investigators searched his home and found that he did not have access to weapons and had no direct connections to Uvalde, San Antonio or Florida, police said. But the teen’s alleged actions “have had significant implications for school safety, community security, and the allocation of law enforcement resources,” Uvalde police said in a Wednesday release.The teen was charged with one felony count of terroristic threat and four misdemeanor counts of false report of an emergency, police said.“This operation demonstrates our commitment to working with partners to ensure we hold people accountable for threatening our community,” Uvalde Police Chief Homer E. Delgado said in a statement. “We will not allow distance or digital anonymity to shield those who try to cause fear or disrupt the safety of our schools and neighborhoods.” The case is being prosecuted in Texas, according to a spokesman for the Brooklyn DA’s office, who said his agency simply helped with the arrest. History at the Vatican as American-born Cardinal from the Midwest elected new leader of Catholic churchCollege student faces deportation after running red light — police discover her family's been living illegally in US for yearsDozens of masked anti-Israel protesters arrested after storming Columbia library — and Rubio vows to review visa status of 'pro-Hamas thugs'All of Zendaya’s memorable Met Gala red carpet looks through the yearsPodcaster Amanda Hirsch reveals truth behind Meghan Markle’s handwritten note Harvey Weinstein name-dropped these two A-list actresses during alleged sexual assault, accuser testifiesThe Brooklyn teen is accused of sending threats directly to a family member of an Uvalde shooting victim on TikTok, police said.The teen was charged with one felony count of terroristic threat and four misdemeanor counts of false report of an emergency, police said. Liam Payne’s $32M estate will all go to his son — with nothing for Kate Cassidy: ‘Nobody else gets anything’
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