Posted on 10/04/2016 3:16:39 AM PDT by Gamecock
HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY) — A 13-year-old Hampton girl is in police custody for allegedly reaching out to a person on social media to kill one of her teachers.
Police say the person she contacted was using a clown image as their profile picture. She allegedly reached out to this person to murder a teacher at Davis Middle School.
“The profile that she contacted actually was using a clown as a profile picture and so using a clown related alias,” Officer Ashley Jenrette of Hampton Police said.
According to police, a dispatcher received a call Sunday evening about a threat being made on social media, and the investigation resulted in the teen’s arrest.
Detectives reached out to the teacher to make sure they were OK. Police say there is no evidence at this time indicating threats have been made against anyone else.
There was an increased police presence at the middle school Monday, according to police.
Local police have recently investigated clown-related threats made on social media. One of these alleged threats was making rounds on social media late last week.
Police departments across Hampton Roads said they took the alleged threats seriously, but found no evidence that any of those threats were credible.
The 13-year-old girl arrested in this case has been charged with threatening to kill by electronic message. She is still being held in police custody. The Hampton City School district will examine the student’s future at the school.
“We looked at prior discipline issues and so on, but basically the range is long-term suspension to expulsion,” Diana Gulotta from Hampton City Schools said.
I was expecting her to have approached an actual clown.
What was he going to do? Run him over with that little car full of other clowns? Beat him to death with a big floppy shoe?
Detectives reached out to the teacher to make sure they were OK..
It’s a good thing the teacher “were” ok.
Ah, journalism these days.
Social conditioning: the detectives needed the approval of a teacher to affirm the okayness of their investigation.
“...teen arrested for soliciting clown to kill teacher”
There’s a really bad comedy movie in this...
I must have missed something; was there more than one teacher or is this just another poorly written sentence by a "professional" journalist?
Yikes.
I always knew there was more to clowns than just appears on the surface.
Guess she’s not learning much in school...
Why did she want to kill the teacher. Didn’t say if teacher was male or female. Could the teacher have made illicit advances to this young girl. The story seems incomplete ( besides sing poorly written).
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I thought the same thing at first, but they is an acceptabe usage per APA writing guidelines when the object is to not identify the subject by gender. My guess is the author was trying to keep the teacher’s identity anonymous.
Excuse me if there were many teachers it would be were, but since it is 1 teacher it should be was. Is the journalist a racial hire?
Not a clown. The media is now pushing the idea that clowns are dangerous. Just in time for halloween.
No... drown him with that little flower button. :)
In this situation, the word "they" is correct, as it applies to the implied plural for "he or she", keeping the potential victim anonymous.
I think it's just in time for next year's new version of Stephen King's IT.
By using the word "they" (to avoid using "he" or "she" in referring to the teacher), the reporter painted himself (or herself) into a corner. That is the real cause of the grammar problem.
Truthfully clowns are dangerous, we have one as president for 8 years... :-)
OK...I see what you’re saying. It seems like it was poorly written and other people were commenting on it, too. Sorry.
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