More threats investigated at Glascock County Consolidated School

GLASCOCK COUNTY, Ga. (WJBF) – More threats are being investigated at Glascock County Consolidated School, according to the Glascock County Sheriff’s Office.

According to authorities, the Glascock County Sheriff’s Office was notified by the school administration about two separate possible threats made by students during the school day on Wednesday, September 11th.

According to authorities, after deputies and administrators collected information about each student and incident, it was determined that both students made comments to other students that caused fear and disruption; however, it was reported that neither of the students had any guns or weapons or access to any weapons.

Authorities state that both students were immediately removed from class and searched along with their belongings.

According to the Glascock County Sheriff’s Office, the 14-year-old high school student has been charged with Terroristic Threats and Acts and is detained at the Regional Youth Detention Center in Augusta, Georgia, and the 11-year-old middle school student has been disciplined according to school code of conduct but has not been criminally charged due to insufficient evidence. Authorities say the 11-year-old student will be referred to the Department of Juvenile Justice for services.

Glascock County Sheriff Jeremy Kelley posted a statement:

“Students’ safety was not in danger at any time during these incidents. We take each and every threat to our schools as real and investigate them thoroughly. It is upsetting that threats like these and others in our jurisdiction, hoax, joke or not, have come closely on the heels of the horrific tragedy in Barrow County last week,” said Sheriff Jeremy Kelley, “Parents, please talk to your kids and explain that mentioning shooting up a school, doing harm to or inciting fear into the student body, is not a joke. I want to say thank you to our students and parents who have stepped up to say something was suspicious or alarming. I can assure that I and our Sheriff’s Office’s number one priority is the safety of our students.”

Glascock County Sheriff Jeremy Kelley

This comes after the Glascock County Sheriff’s Office received reports of possible school threats on Thursday, September 5th and Tuesday, September 10th .

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