A 16-year-old Central Florida student was arrested for threatening a mass shooting at a local school.
Polk County Sheriff’s Office became aware of a threat when deputies were notified by a Jacksonville detective at about 7:00am. The threat was made to a suicide hotline from a cell phone that was eventually tracked to George Jenkins High School in Lakeland.
PCSO deputies determined the call was made from a phone belonging to 16-year old Orion Isaiah Burts of Lakeland.
The deputies immediately responded to the school and located Burts. A School Resource Deputy checked Burts’ cell phone and determined that it was the phone used to make the threatening call. No weapons were found.
“Threatening mass shootings at or against a school and students is serious,” said Sheriff Grady Judd. “Words matter, and Orion Burts is finding that out now. He is facing multiple felony and misdemeanor charges.”
Orion Isaiah Burts was arrested and charged with making a false report concerning use of firearms in a violent manner, unlawful use of 2-way communications device, false report of a commission of a crime, and disrupting a school function.
A 15-year-old Central Florida student was also arrested for making an online school shooting threat at another school.
A 13-year-old student was also arrested for threatening a school shooting in Central Florida.
Good arrest them and throw them in to a small jail cell. Make a good example of them.