Florida sheriff shames 2 more kids after school threats. Is it a good idea?
Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood keeps naming and shaming children accused of school violence threats. Here's why that is unusual.
Facing deluge of school shooting threats, sheriff pledges to perp walk students
Volusia County sheriff Mike Chitwood posted mugshots and videos of Florida students getting perp walked after being arrested for making threats of school shootings.
Fla. sheriff shares photos, video of students who post school threats
But in Volusia County, Florida, the sheriff is changing that long-standing guideline. Sheriff Mike Chitwood has posted either the image or video of several teens, who are all under the age of 18, online, using their names, after he said the teens made threats on social media apps such as Snapchat, WFTV reported.
Florida sheriff posts arrest video of 2 teens accused of making school threat
Communities around the country are being battered by a wave of school shooting threats, sparking emergency notifications, urgent group chats and heightened fears among parents that their child's school could be the next Parkland or Sandy Hook or Uvalde — or any other town hit by mass shootings.
Florida's schools flooded by threats of violence: 'This is absolutely out of control'
Threats have spanned the state, with students as young as 11 years old posting about school shootings on social media.
Florida sheriff jails kids for shooting threats
The sheriff also wants parents to pay for their kids making threats that cost his office time and money to check out.
Threats of violence vex Florida schools as parents seek greater security
Rampant threats of violence continue to vex school and law enforcement officials in the weeks after a school shooting massacre outside of Atlanta. “We have received tons and tons and tons,” Pinellas County superintendent Kevin Hendrick told his school board this week.
Florida sheriff shares mugshot of 11-year-old accused of threatening mass shooting
A sheriff in Florida is making an example of an 11-year-old boy who allegedly made a hit list and planned to commit a school shooting.
Video of sheriff warning kids about school threats does not stop student from posting one
A 17-year-old DeLeon Springs girl said she made the threat after watching a video of Sheriff Mike Chitwood warning students not to make such posts.
Florida sheriff vows to name any child who makes school shooting threats after posting mugshot of 11-year-old
A 10-year-old was photographed, perp-walked, and prosecuted in 2022 for making a hoax threat to a Florida school
The social media verdict is in! Sheriff Mike Chitwood's plan to shame kids draws support.
Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood's decision to publicly shame a boy who threatened to shoot up two Florida schools was met with ...
Angry Sheriff Mike Chitwood warns 'swatters' and their parents they may get 'perp walk'
Volusia County Schools received 54 false threats Thursday. Officials ask for parental intervention, highlight potential ...
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Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood has a message to Volusia County parents and students
Sheriff Mike Chitwood addressed parents and students today on the ongoing increase in school violence threats in Volusia ...
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VCS, sheriff Mike Chitwood reinforce seriousness of making school threats after several incidents reported at local schools
Four juveniles, the youngest being a 10-year-old boy at Westside Elementary, have made threats to shoot students this week.
Chitwood's 'outing' of minor offenders is not new, but it may have drawn the most publicity
Butterworth, Florida's attorney general from 1987 to 2002. The new statute says the "name, photograph, address, ...
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Why Chitwood posted arrest video of 11-year-old to social media
Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood is fed up with a spate of false school shooting threats and is taking a new tactic to ...
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Angry Sheriff Mike Chitwood warns 'swatters' and their parents they may get 'perp walk'
DELAND — Fed up with dozens of recent swatting events, Volusia County’s sheriff, Mike Chitwood, announced Friday that Volusia County Schools’ students and parents involved with making false ...
Manatee County sixth grader, two high school students arrested for making school threats
Manatee County Sheriff's Office deputies will continue to provide additional security at all schools when they receive ...