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'm no journalisto lover, in fact, I think they are all closet Marxists (some blatant); just thought I'd post about something I know about for a change, as trivial as having knowledge about APA format is LOL.
I hate the modern usage “reached out to” and will be happy when it fades away. In this context, it sounds especially stilted and stupid.
Good one! Can I assume by your moniker that you are a young conservative? If so, the thought of that does this middle-aged soul a world of good, and gives me hope for our future.
I agree. A less colloquial and more effective sentence could have been, "Detectives performed a wellness check to ensure the teacher's safety."
Particularly stupid was the 13 year old girl “reaching out to” an online clown for a hit on her teacher.
;-)
I’m a young teen, yes, so young that my first election will be the reelection of Trump/Pence...
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