Florida fifth grader arrested, charged with threatening a mass capturing, 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 mentioned.

In a press release Saturday, the Lee County Sheriff’s Workplace stated it had discovered earlier that day of a "threatening text message" despatched by a scholar at an elementary school.

It said its native school menace enforcement team was instantly notified and started investigating. The ten-year-old boy was interviewed and charged later with "making a written menace to conduct a mass capturing," the sheriff's office mentioned.

In video shared by authorities, the boy may be seen being led into a police automobile.

“This student’s habits is sickening, particularly after the current tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno stated in a press release, noting that the risk got here just days after the deadly school taking pictures at Robb Elementary College left 19 students and two academics lifeless.

“Proper now is not the time to behave like a bit delinquent. It’s not funny,” he said. “This little one made a faux threat, and now he’s experiencing actual consequences.”

Marceno mentioned his group “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 May 24 college shooting after it got here to light that they waited roughly an hour for backup instead of immediately moving in on the gunman.

Chantal Da Silva is a breaking news editor for NBC News Digital based in London.