VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – An 11-year-old was jailed yet again after he sent a threatening message to teachers at a local middle school, according to Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood.
In a release, Chitwood said this was the student’s second arrest involving a written threat to kill.
“He’s already in a diversion program for his last arrest back in October at Southwestern Middle School,” the release reads. “Back then, he sent a group message ‘IM GONNA SHOOT YOU’ from another student’s Gradebook Communications account.”
But on Thursday, he once again used another student’s account to send a message reading, “imma shoot you” to seven teachers at DeLand Middle School, Chitwood added.
“Now, understand this. We have 63,000 students and 4,400 teachers in Volusia County Schools,” Chitwood stated. “I know some want to make excuses and coddle the select few who choose to make threats. You can pat them on the head and tell them everything’s going to be alright. My job is to look out for everyone else.”
As such, the sheriff warned parents to discipline their children so that he doesn’t have to.
“If you can threaten to shoot seven teachers, you can take a perp walk,” Chitwood finished.