Schools Respond to Surge of Threats After Georgia School Shooting
Bomb threats, copycats, and pranks—some from outside the United States—have disrupted schools across the nation.
Threats rise nationwide in the weeks after the Georgia school shooting
Law enforcement and school officials say school shooting threats have skyrocketed since the Apalachee High School tragedy, leading to lockdowns, school closures and juvenile arrests nationwide.
Georgia school shooting may have been an "impetus" for Pittsburgh-area threats, FBI says
Social media threats have targeted more than a dozen Pittsburgh-area school districts, resulting in lockdowns, closures and a student facing charges.
School threats spread across the country after Georgia school shooting, what can be done?
This surge in threats puts additional pressure on law enforcement to carefully evaluate between credible threats and those that are not.
Woman charged with calling in shooting threat to N.J school
A 28-year-old Atlantic County woman was arrested at her home after authorities said she called in a shooting threat to a school in Cape May County on Thursday. The Corbin City resident was charged with creating a false public alarm,
New Mexico Attorney General calls for tougher penalties for school threats
School started just last month and there has already been a spike in lockdowns over students making threats. The state’s top law enforcement officer is now calling on lawmakers to increase penalties.
On the heels of Georgia high school shooting, Collier County school officials provide update
Officials said so far this school year four students have been arrested for either posting an online threat or bringing a ...
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Georgia students walk out of class to honor Apalachee HS, demand gun reform
Batra is a member of the Georgia Youth Justice Coalition, a politically active group of college and high school students that lobbies lawmakers. Maya Flowers-Glass is also a member of the coalition.
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3 more Putnam County students accused of making school threats on Thursday
Dozens of school threats have been reported since a deadly school shooting at a Georgia high school earlier this month, ...
Fear, anxiety and numbness: How school threats impact CT schoolchildren
Connecticut school and law enforcement officials have reported a string of threats targeting schools, having detrimental ...
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GBI traces Georgia school bomb threats to 12-year-old suspect living hundreds of miles away
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says a 12-year-old child in Texas has been identified as the person responsible for two ...
Another Riverside teen girl arrested as school threats spread ‘like wildfire’
Police in Riverside arrested a 15-year-old girl Wednesday who they said made violent threats on social media against Ramona ...
Two dozen Florida school students arrested after allegedly making threats since start of academic year
Polk County, Florida, law enforcement and school administrators are working together to hold students who make threats to ...
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School threats abound in Florida. Here’s how parents can help kids
A wave of threats have rocked schools across the country since a Georgia high school shooting earlier this month left four ...
Kansas law enforcement deal with string of school threats
We had incorrectly listed Jefferson County North as one of the districts with threats made against them. The correct district ...