Southern California Boy, 12, Is Latest Arrested in Spate of School Threats

Police departments have arrested several students in the past week as part of what they say could be a national social media school threat trend.
Southern California Boy, 12, Is Latest Arrested in Spate of School Threats
Social media apps including TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, and WhatsApp on a smartphone on Nov. 12, 2019. Peter Byrne/PA
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A 12-year-old boy in Southern California was arrested Sept. 18 for allegedly making a criminal threat against other elementary school students, Riverside County Sheriff’s Office confirmed.

Sheriff’s deputies were first alerted to a possible threat made by the suspect six days before at a school in Jurupa Valley, about 50 miles east of Los Angeles. Detectives investigating the threat obtained evidence that led them to search the suspect’s Moreno Valley home on Sept. 18.

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