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 text message threatening to hold out a mass taking pictures, authorities stated.

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

It stated its local college 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 office stated.

In video shared by authorities, the boy might be seen being led into a police vehicle.

“This pupil’s habits is sickening, especially after the current tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno mentioned in an announcement, noting that the menace got here just days after the deadly college shooting at Robb Elementary Faculty left 19 students and two lecturers useless.

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

Marceno mentioned his staff “didn’t hesitate one second...NOT ONE SECOND,” to investigate the incident.

The comment came as authorities in Uvalde face mounting criticism over their response to the Could 24 college taking pictures after it got here to gentle that they waited roughly an hour for backup as a substitute of instantly moving in on the gunman.

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