SHERIFF SMITH RELEASES ADDITIONAL STATEMENT REGARDING SCHOOL THREATS

District Attorney Bill Adair’s office and my office have remained in contact since the recent spike in school threats. To date, we have charged two juveniles with making terroristic threats.

The district attorney’s office will review each case, and if there is any chargeable offense, the offenders will be charged. Additionally, we will consider charges against any offender’s parent, parents, or guardian. The parental charges will come with a request for restitution to the county for any additional resources that are allocated as a result of a school threat, which the DA has agreed to consider if possible.

Please have these conversations with your children to stop these types of activities. Stopping these threats starts at home. Get involved with your kids. Talk to them. Help them understand the severity of this issue. Monitor their phones and their social media accounts. It is the school’s job to educate our kids; it is our job to keep them safe and protected when they’re at school, but it is your job to parent them.

If we all work together to do our part, then hopefully, we can stop this nonsense.