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

A fifth grade pupil in Florida was arrested over the weekend and charged with sending a textual content message threatening to carry out a mass taking pictures, authorities said.

In a statement Saturday, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office stated it had realized earlier that day of a "threatening textual content message" despatched by a scholar at an elementary school.

It said its local school menace enforcement staff was immediately notified and started investigating. The 10-year-old boy was interviewed and charged later with "making a written menace to conduct a mass capturing," the sheriff's workplace said.

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

“This student’s habits is sickening, especially after the recent tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno stated in an announcement, noting that the risk got here simply days after the deadly school capturing at Robb Elementary School left 19 students and two lecturers lifeless.

“Right now is just not the time to act like a bit delinquent. It’s not humorous,” he stated. “This baby made a fake risk, and now he’s experiencing real penalties.”

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

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

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