MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – In the last three days, four Miami-Dade County Public Schools students have been arrested over threats of violence at public schools.
Officials announced on Wednesday a 14-year-old girl was arrested over a threat at G Holmes Braddock Senior High School.
Keith Clayton, 17, was arrested on Tuesday over a threat to Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior High School.
A 15-year-old boy was arrested on Monday over a threat to Miami Senior High School.
Tanecia McElliott, 16, was arrested over a threat on Instagram to “blow up” Miami Northwestern Senior High School. She appeared in court on Tuesday.
Prosecutors charged them with felony charges of written threats to kill or do bodily harm.
The recent arrests increased the number of MDCPS students who faced legal consequences over school shooting threats during the 2021-2022 school year to seven.
On Wednesday morning, officers responded to Mater Lakes Academy Middle/High in Hialeah after a threat that officers determined to be non-credible.
Detectives in South Florida have been dealing with a new wave of threats and hoaxes after the Nov. 30 school shooting in Michigan.
Meanwhile, in Michigan, Ethan Crumbley, 15, and his parents, James and Jennifer Crumbley, remained behind bars.
Ethan was accused of killing four students and wounding six others and a teacher with a 9mm semi-automatic pistol at Oxford High School in Oxford Township.
