Surreal moment 11-year-old boy is perp walked into Florida jail after 'writing a kill list'

Daily Mail UK ^ | November 12, 2025 | Natasha Anderson

[Morgana]

An 11-year-old boy was perp walked into a Florida jail after he allegedly wrote a 'kill list' targeting others at his school.

Karson Curry was marched into a cell on Monday after he threatened Highbanks Learning Center in Deltona, the Volusia County sheriff said.

The boy, whose arms were handcuffed behind his back, hung his head down as he was led from a deputy's cruiser and into the station.

Police determined Curry does not have access to weapons, but still moved to make an example out of him.

He now faces a felony charge of making a written threat to kill.

Volusia County Sheriff Michael Chitwood has a history of perp walking children who threatened their schools and seemingly has no intention of stopping.

At least eight children, including three 11-year-olds, were arrested and publicly shamed by the department with an online perp walk in the last two months.

Sheriff Chitwood hopes the public displays of discipline will 'stress to students and parents that these types of threats will result in felony charges,' the department said.

Curry is a student at Highbanks Learning Center, an educational program which provides learning services in a 'highly restrictive' environment to select students in grades six through 12.

The program places an emphasis on modifying behavior and social skills, according to the county school district's website.

Students are assigned to the learning center by district officials and superintendents based on their individual educational needs.

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[PGR88]

If the kid had actually killed somebody, the same media and Karens would be saying: “the cops knew, why didn’t they do something??!!”

[Opinionated Blowhard]

This is sad and I’m glad they stopped him before he did anything. Now contrast this to the dozens of teachers we’ve seen online celebrating Charlie Kirk’s death, including wearing bloody Halloween costumes to school depicting the event or mock-shooting themselves in the neck and laughing. School administrators’ efforts to identify and arrest potentially violent students are undermined by their willingness to give teachers a pass for celebrating murder.

[Morgana]

Only in Florida do they do something.

[SharpenedEdge]

Good! Its time that kids start being harshly reminded that there are consequences for bad behavior. The fact that they have been allowed to forget this is the root of many of the problems our society currently suffers from. Cue any number of Youtube videos showing juveniles committing crimes, running from, ignoring or disrespecting the police, and assorted classroom mayhem. Bring back corporal punishment, reform schools, expulsion and juvenile incarceration until the message gets received by all.

[SpaceBar]

Volusia County Sheriff Michael Chitwood has a history of perp walking children who threatened their schools and seemingly has no intention of stopping.

Good. Keep it up.

[SaveFerris]

👍👍

[blackdog]

Apparently “Florida Men”, have a minor league team. That has its good and bad points. I’d simmer on it a bit.

[vikingd00d]

>>Highbanks Learning Center, an educational program which provides learning services in a ‘highly restrictive’ environment
>>a specialized program designed to meet the needs of students with intense emotional and behavioral needs.

So, it’s basically juvie. Why is this news?

[Morgana]

It’s news because that school is not helping him.

[from occupied ga]

It's only "surreal" because everyone knows that if you're murdered by a "child" you're not as dead as someone murdered by an adult. Therefore, those under the age of 18 should be punished at most by taking away their video game privileges for a couple of weeks if they kill someone. This sends the message that rehabilitation is possible for young murderers if the punishment is sufficiently benign.

I was always told the age of reason was 8 years old, and from that age forward you should be aware of the consequences of your actions, but this is apparently not true since in their wisdom the legislative bodies of a number of jurisdictions (DC comes to mind) it doesn't matter what you do or how many time you do it as long as you're under the magic age limit the most you'll get is a severe talking to and "probation" where you're turned loose on the community to show how reformed you are.

[EQAndyBuzz]

Yogi? Is it one of Obama’s sons?

[gundog]

Maybe next time he’ll be smart enough not to write “kill list” at the top of the page. Plenty of working titles he could substitute.

[Vision]

“Surreal moment”

Ha. Coming from a country overtaken by Muslims and you can’t talk about it or you go to jail.

[NorthMountain]

The program places an emphasis on modifying behavior and social skills,

Does this mean it's the 'special' school for junior-grade thugs?

[NorthMountain]

not to write “kill list”

Indeed.

It's the "Deletion Docket". The "Removal Register". The "Elimination Enumeration".

[healy61]

The boy don’t need a book he needs a year in the pen.

[fruser1]

Deep down inside him, he’s no good.

[Valpal1]

“Sheriff Chitwood hopes the public displays of discipline will ‘stress to students and parents that these types of threats will result in felony charges,’ the department said.”

The only thing better would be a public caning stream on TikTok.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Probably means that it is a school where they put the worst of the bullies along with the kids who were being bullied most relentlessly. Worst predators and most defenseless prey.

You think I am joking?

I wish I was.

After all, in the opinion of the social workers they both need to work on their "social skills".

So... yeah.