11-year-old boy arrested after reported deadly threat in Port St. Lucie

PORT ST. LUCIE — An 11-year-old boy was arrested on a felony charge after allegations he made a cyberthreat to kill a girl he knows through school, a Port St. Lucie Police spokesperson said Monday.

Police about 4 p.m. Friday went to the 4400 block of Southwest Babylon Street in Port St. Lucie for reports of a girl “who had received cyberthreats in a group chat from an 11-year-old male who attends the same school as she does,” said Sgt. Dominick Mesiti, police spokesperson.

They both attend Synergy Magnet K-12 in Fort Pierce, Mesiti said.

“Allegedly, the 11-year-old suspect sent pictures of a firearm to the victim and said that he was going to shoot and kill her,” Mesiti said.

The 11-year-old boy, who lives in Fort Pierce, faces a charge of written electronic threats to kill or do bodily harm, Mesiti said. He was arrested and taken into custody by Fort Pierce Police during the Port St. Lucie Police investigation.

Port St. Lucie officers completed the arrest affidavit at the St. Lucie Regional Juvenile Detention Center on Bell Avenue in Fort Pierce.

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