POPD: Student confesses to threat of violence made against Horizon Elementary

Police determined the threat was unrelated to the vandalism at the school.

  • By Observer Staff
  • | 11:31 a.m. January 18, 2018
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The Port Orange Police Department has concluded its investigation regarding a threat of violence made at Horizon Elementary School on Wednesday, Jan. 17, according to a POPD press release. 

Through the course of the police department's investigation, it was determined the threat was made by a 7-year-old who is a student at the school and that this incident is unrelated to the vandalism that occurred a few days prior.

The student confessed to writing the threat and stated he did so as a prank. School administrators have suspended the student and the parents have been contacted.

There will be no charges filed on the student.

 

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