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BLOG POST #204: This week, Iâm sharing research on a specific crime involving a school threat.
Has your childâs school gone into lock-down mode because of a threat made against their school?
More and more, you hear about arrests for making threats. Kids make bold statements on social media. Other kids whoâve seen a threat are starting to become whistleblowers and itâs making a difference.
In the eyes of the law, it doesnât matter if the threat is credible, retaliatory or a prank, itâs against the law.
When someone called the middle school and left a message threatening to kill everyone at the school on the first day back after the summer break, the police took the threat very serious.
They did a sweep for explosive devices at the middle school, and they increased the police presence at the school.
Two men suspected to have made the threats were apprehended. The police arrested both men. No evidence was found to substantiate the threat.
Dumb Stunt
It was reported, the two men had been playing âtruth or dare.â As a result, one called the school and left a threatening message.
The District Attorneyâs office charged one of the men with obstructing a public officer, a misdemeanor.
The man whoâd placed the threatening call later pleaded guilty to creating a terrorism hoax, which is a felony. He received a two-year prison sentence for his phone call prank. Upon his release, heâll have three years of probation.
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Source: Norman Police Department Press Release, The Norman Transcript, CBS Oklahomaâs Own News 9