GLOUCESTER, Va. — A 13-year-old boy was arrested for allegedly making violent threats on social media aimed at Page Middle School in Gloucester County.
The Gloucester County Sheriff's Office posted about the situation on Thursday on its Facebook page. The teen is charged with threats of death or bodily injury on school property, and use of profane, threatening or indecent language over public airways.
The GCSO post said School Resource Officers notified them about the online threats earlier in the day.
The boy, who was a suspended Page Middle School student, allegedly sent photos of weapons and "multiple threats of violence" to a group of other students. The sheriff's office said the pictures were meant to frighten them.
Sheriff's deputies found the boy at his home and took him into custody. They also spoke with his parents about the situation.
He went through the juvenile intake process and was taken to the Merrimac Center, where he'll wait for a court hearing.
"The Sheriff’s Office would like to thank the students who came forward and shared these threats with SROs," the sheriff's office said in the Facebook post. "It takes our entire community to keep our children safe. We take threats like these very seriously and will always thoroughly investigate and prosecute any threat to children attending Gloucester County schools."