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

A fifth grade student in Florida was arrested over the weekend and charged with sending a textual content message threatening to hold out a mass capturing, authorities said.

In an announcement Saturday, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office said it had learned earlier that day of a "threatening text message" despatched by a pupil at an elementary college.

It said its local school risk enforcement workforce was immediately notified and started investigating. The ten-year-old boy was interviewed and charged later with "making a written menace to conduct a mass taking pictures," the sheriff's workplace said.

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

“This scholar’s habits is sickening, particularly after the recent tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno stated in a statement, noting that the risk got here just days after the lethal school capturing at Robb Elementary School left 19 students and two teachers useless.

“Proper now isn't the time to act like a little bit delinquent. It’s not humorous,” he stated. “This baby made a faux threat, and now he’s experiencing real consequences.”

Marceno said his team “didn’t hesitate one second...NOT ONE SECOND,” to investigate the incident.

The remark got here as authorities in Uvalde face mounting criticism over their response to the Might 24 college taking pictures after it came to gentle that they waited roughly an hour for backup as an alternative of instantly moving in on the gunman.

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