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13-Year-Old Refers To Texas Massacre In Threatening NY School Shooting, Police Say 13-Year-Old Refers To Texas Massacre In Threatening NY School Shooting, Police Say
13-Year-Old Refers To Texas Massacre In Threatening NY School Shooting, Police Say A middle school student  has been charged with making a terroristic threat after threatening to shoot up his school in New York while making a reference to the recent Uvalde, Texas massacre. The incident took place in Suffolk County at Westhampton Beach Middle School on Thursday, June 2. The 13-year-old boy told other students and school officials that he was going to "shoot the school" because he was annoyed and frustrated with other students, said Chief Steven McManus of the Westhampton Police. "The teenager made reference to the recent Uvalde, Texas shooting," McManus said. McManu…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Teen Charged After Threatening Mass Shooting At His High School In NY, DA Says Teen Charged After Threatening Mass Shooting At His High School In NY, DA Says
Teen Charged After Threatening Mass Shooting At His High School In NY, DA Says Updated story: Teen Placed On Home Confinement For Threatening Shooting At Bellport HS A teenage student has been charged with making a terroristic threat after threatening to commit a mass shooting at a New York school. On Long Island, the 16-year-old student of Bellport High School was arrested by Suffolk County Police on Thursday, May 27 at his home in Bellport. The student, whose name has not been released due to his age, was arrested after police received multiple 911 calls when he allegedly posted the threat on his “Bellport Scholars” Instagram page, said Suffolk County…

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by Kathy Reakes
News
Man Makes Terror Threat To COVID-19 Testing Command Post In Westchester, Police Say Man Makes Terror Threat To COVID-19 Testing Command Post In Westchester, Police Say
Man Makes Terror Threat To Covid-19 Testing Command Post In Westchester, Police Say A Westchester man has been arrested for allegedly making a terroristic threat at the building where the state Department of Health has set up its testing site for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Pero P. Cheng, 54, of White Plains, was arrested on Tuesday, March 17, for allegedly making a threat of violence at the GHP building at 145 Huguenot St., in New Rochelle just before 6 p.m. on Monday, March 16, said New York State Police Trooper AJ Hicks. According to Hicks, Cheng made the "terroristic threat" via telephone. Security immediately notified the state police.  An investigation f…

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by Kathy Reakes