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Juvenile arrested and charged after threatening to commit school shooting

12/19/2017

On December 14, 2017 Sheriff’s Office deputies received information that a Heber Springs School student had made comments about carrying out a shooting attack at the school on December 15.  On the morning of December 15, deputies, with the assistance of the Heber Springs Police Department, took a juvenile male into custody to be interviewed regarding the threats.  At the conclusion of the interview, the juvenile was turned over to Juvenile Intake Officers and transported to White River Juvenile Detention Center.  He was charged with one count of Terroristic Threatening.

 

All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

 

-Sheriff Chris Brown

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