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Two Penn State Students Arrested For Threats Posted On Social Media: Authorities
Two Penn State Altoona students have been arrested in connection to threats they made on social media, authorities say. Juan Namakura, 19, of Illinois, was arrested first followed by Benjamin Dous, 20, of Pennsylvania for posting threats on the social media app Yik Yak — posting on the Altoona Penn State campus within 5 miles of each other on Oct. 30, according to the criminal complaints obtained by Daily Voice. Nakamura posted first writing "don't come to school Monday if you want to live," the police stated in the complaint. Dous reportedly wrote “This Juan gang y’all don…
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Montco Teen Charged With Threatening To Shoot Up High School In Lehigh Valley: Report
A high school in the Lehigh Valley was under increased security for one day last week and a Montgomery County teenager was arrested after police say he threatened to "shoot up the school," according to LehighValleyLive. The 18-year-old Phoenixville resident was released from Northampton County Jail and charged with a felony count of terroristic threats causing serious public inconvenience, and other related charges, the outlet says. Investigators say he directed the threat at two students he knew over social media on Wednesday, Sept. 28, according to the outlet. Click here for more fr…
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TikTok School-Shooting Threats Aren't Credible, Authorities Say
Several schools across the United States closed on Friday while others issued warnings and boosted security following what authorities said were unfounded threats on TikTok of a school shooting. The anonymous TikTok "challenges" -- which apparently originated in Arizona and didn't specify any school or area -- frightened parents from one end of the country to the other. Many said they were keeping their children home on Friday, despite assurances that they had nothing to worry about. Law enforcement agencies nonetheless boosted their presence at and around schools if for no other reason tha…
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Police Arrest 3 Chester County Middle School Students On Social Media Threat Charges
Three middle students in Chester County arrested last week are facing social media threat charges, authorities said. Police launched an investigation during the week of Dec. 6 after learning of multiple threats against Peirce Middle School in West Chester, some of which were posted on social media, West Goshen police said in a Dec. 15 release. Investigators later determined that the threats were not credible. They did not specify if the threats were gun-related. Police were able to arrest three juveniles in three separate incidents with help from the West Chester Area School Dist…
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Police Boost Presence At Bensalem High School Amid Alleged Threat
Police increased their presence at Bensalem High School on Monday in response to what some perceived to be a threat. Over the weekend, school district officials were notified about the apparent "threatening social media post" via Safe2SaySomething tips, the school district said Monday morning. Over the weekend, the District received several Safe2Say Something tips about a threat made regarding Bensalem High... Posted by Bensalem Township School District on Monday, December 13, 2021 Safe2Say is a youth violence prevention program run by the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General. "Be…
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Social Media Threats Close 2 PA School Districts
Threats circulating on social media have prompted two central Pennsylvania school districts to close Friday, according to officials. After receiving the unspecified threats, both the Susquehanna Township School District and the Solanco School District decided to implement remote instruction "out of an abundance of caution." "In response to a social media threat, schools will be closed for in-person learning today while we investigate," according to a Friday Instagram post from the Susquehanna Township School District. View this post on Instagram …
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