Police say 'prank' threat toward Union-Endicott school will lead to charge for 15-year-old
Endicott police said a 15-year-old made a threat on social media and will be charged Thursday with a felony after an investigation.
The Endicott Police Department said a Union-Endicott High School student received a message Wednesday on social media indicating the school would be the target of an unspecified threat. Police said a similar threat was also posted on a separate social media post.
Police determined the threat was a prank and the student who received the threat was not involved. Increased police patrols were put in place in the district on Thursday, with assistance from the Broome and Tioga County Sheriff’s Offices and the New York State Police.
The 15-year-old was released to guardians and will be charged with making a terroristic threat in Broome County Family Court, according to police. Police did not release the teenager's name.
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On Wednesday, a 17-year-old high school student in the Gananda Central School District, Wayne County, is facing the same felony charge after allegedly posting a picture on social media that displayed what appeared to be an assault weapon, according to New York State Police.
Both incidents occurred one day after 19 students and two teachers were shot to death inside an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, the deadliest shooting at a U.S. grade school since the 2012 attack at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Connecticut.
On May 18, four days after a white 18-year-old Conklin man opened fire at a Tops supermarket in Buffalo, killing 10 and wounding three others in a racially motivated attack, Broome-Tioga BOCES investigated a possible threat that was eventually deemed not credible.
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This article originally appeared on Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin: Union-Endicott school threat leads to charge for teenager
