ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. — More kids from Kentucky have been caught making fake school threats. This time they called from Ohio, which is not in Kentucky.
Police in Elizabethtown (EPD) said they were called by the Ohio Highway Patrol on Wednesday about a threat of violence against the Ohio State School for the Blind in Columbus.
Police say the call came from a phone number in Elizabethtown.
“Even though the threat was made against a school in a neighboring state, it was taken very seriously,” EPD spokesman Chris Denham said Thursday night.
With the help of school security officers, detectives were able to figure out which three kids made the threat.
Police say that all three of the kids were caught and charged with making terroristic threats. They are now being held in a juvenile detention center.
“Anyone, regardless of age, who makes a threat of harm to others, especially school children will immediately become the subject of a criminal investigation and once identified, will be arrested,” Denham said. “I hope that other people will learn from this and stop making threats.” To be clear, the same things will happen if someone makes another threat.
These arrests happened after several students in Kentucky and Indiana were caught making fake threats against schools.
A 12-year-old boy from Jeffersonville was charged with a crime earlier Thursday afternoon for making threats against two middle schools in southern Indiana. Two more kids may also be charged.
One 16-year-old was caught by Kentucky State Police on Monday making threats against a school in Marion County.