Florida fifth grader arrested, charged with threatening a mass taking pictures, police say

A fifth grade scholar in Florida was arrested over the weekend and charged with sending a text message threatening to hold out a mass taking pictures, authorities stated.

In a statement Saturday, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office said it had discovered earlier that day of a "threatening text message" sent by a student at an elementary faculty.

It mentioned its local college menace enforcement team was instantly notified and started investigating. The 10-year-old boy was interviewed and charged later with "making a written risk to conduct a mass taking pictures," the sheriff's workplace mentioned.

In video shared by authorities, the boy could be seen being led right into a police car.

“This scholar’s conduct is sickening, especially after the recent tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno stated in an announcement, noting that the risk came just days after the deadly faculty shooting at Robb Elementary College left 19 students and two lecturers lifeless.

“Right now shouldn't be the time to act like a bit delinquent. It’s not funny,” he stated. “This little one made a pretend menace, and now he’s experiencing actual penalties.”

Marceno stated his staff “didn’t hesitate one second...NOT ONE SECOND,” to research the incident.

The comment got here as authorities in Uvalde face mounting criticism over their response to the Might 24 faculty capturing after it got here to light that they waited roughly an hour for backup as a substitute of immediately shifting in on the gunman.

Chantal Da Silva is a breaking information editor for NBC Information Digital primarily based in London.