Police arrest 11-year-old Prattville Christian Academy student in school threat case
PRATTVILLE − Police in Prattville have charged an 11-year-old student at Prattville Christian Academy with making a threat to the private school.
Police Chief Mark Thompson confirmed the arrest. Law enforcement in Autauga, Elmore and Montgomery counties have arrested about half a dozen students in the past week for making threats to local schools. Most of the threats were via social media.
The threats came after a school shooting in Georgia that left two students and two teachers dead. There were no incidents at local schools, as they operated on regular attendance days last week.
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"We greatly appreciate the partnership with all school administrators and teachers, as well as those who sent in the posts and messages to us to assist in the investigative process," the Prattville Police Department posted on its Facebook page. "Given the seriousness of the nature of the messages and social media posts, all threats (whether implied or explicit, fake or real) involving our schools and students are taken seriously by us at the PPD and our agency will prosecute those involved to the fullest extent of the law possible."
Contact Montgomery Advertiser reporter Marty Roney at mroney@gannett.com.
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