Gaggle Alert Leads to Arrest of 15-Year-Old for School Threat in Florida
A Gaggle monitoring alert on a student's school laptop detected a threat to bring a gun to Deltona High School in Florida. Volusia County deputies arrested the 15-year-old student, who admitted writing the threat but stated he was not serious and was reacting to being bullied.
What happened
On September 12, a 15-year-old student at Deltona High School wrote a threat on his school laptop stating he would bring a gun to school and shoot another student. The threat triggered a Gaggle alert, which notified the school resource deputy who responded and detained the student before he boarded the bus to go home.
The student admitted to writing the threat but stated he did not mean it and was only angry about being bullied at school.
Reported impact
The student was arrested on second-degree felony charges and transported to the Volusia Family Resource Center for processing.
Governance controls
The school resource deputy responded to the Gaggle alert and detained the student before he could leave school grounds.
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