11-year-old Florida boy arrested after he threatened a mass shooting at two schools.

[Dennis Donovan]

x.com/MikeSington/status/1836033066441081271

Mike Sington
11-year-old Florida boy arrested after he threatened a mass shooting at two schools. Authorities display the cache of weapons they found in his room.

(I purposefully broke the link to the tweet - but left enough of the URL if you feel the need to view it - because it contains pictures of the 11 year old boy and his name, but left out pics/name of the boy from my transcription - Dennis).

[Srkdqltr]

1. And the parents?

[snowybirdie]

2. The boys picture

Is apparent in the post. Why do Florida law enforcement show a child's picture and make him do a perp walk?

[WhiskeyGrinder]

8. This is the sheriff's approach to hoax threats.

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/09/17/volusia-sheriff-fed-up-with-school-shooting-hoaxes-posts-boys-mugshot-on-social-media/

DAYTONA BEACH — A Florida sheriff fed up with a spate of false school shooting threats is taking a new tactic to try get through to students and their parents: he’s posting the mugshot of any offender on social media.

Law enforcement officials in Florida and across the country have seen a wave of school shooting hoaxes recently, including in the wake of the deadly attack at Apalachee High School in Winder, Ga., which killed two students and two teachers.

Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood said he’s tired of the hoaxes targeting students, disrupting schools and sapping law enforcement resources. In social media posts Monday, Chitwood warned parents that if their kids are arrested for making these threats, he’ll make sure the public knows.

“Since parents, you don’t want to raise your kids, I’m going to start raising them,” Chitwood said. “Every time we make an arrest, your kid’s photo is going to be put out there. And if I can do it, I’m going to perp walk your kid so that everybody can see what your kid’s up to.”

[snowybirdie]

12. The Lee County

Sheriff has been doing it for years. No due process for minor children or alleged dog abusers. I find that immoral.

[BannonsLiver]

24. Yes. These threats should never be taken seriously since we don't have a problem with school shootings.

“alL cOpS aRe baD1!!!”

[Dennis Donovan]

10. I posted the tweet but thinking about removing it because of the boy's age (and leaving my transcription)...

I'll try to embed the link to the tweet so it's accessible but not visible (I don't think it's possible, though).

But I agree, Shame on FL for publishing the boy's pictures (11 years old is still a boy).

[viva la]

3. Are those real guns?

Where did he get them?

[DeepWinter]

6. The ones

with orange tips on them indicate they are not. Air Soft or some such realistic "toy".

[sarisataka]

23. No

probably Walmart

[DeepWinter]

4. Surprised

Surprised they showed his face and name at age 11.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

5. lol "cache of weapons"

[malaise]

7. Why is this child's photo public?

Arrest the adults

[WhiskeyGrinder]

9. Because the sheriff is trying to make an "example" out of the kid.

[Dennis Donovan]

13. The sheriff has a dark heart. n/t

[CoopersDad]

11. Sheriff: "airsoft rifles, pistols and fake ammunition"

In the video below, we hear the Sheriff explain that "parents, if you don't want to raise your kids, I'm gonna start raising them."

As promised. We just arrested a Creekside Middle School student who made threats to commit a school shooting at Creekside or Silver Sands Middle School.
He had written a list of names and targets. He says it was all a joke.
Volusia Sheriff's Office deputies recovered a bunch of airsoft rifles, pistols and fake ammunition along with knives, swords and other weapons he was showing off to other students in a video. For his actions, Carlo "Kingston" Dorelli (age 11) is charged with a felony (making a written threat of a mass shooting).
P.S. I can and will release the names and photos of juveniles who are committing these felonies, threatening our students, disrupting our schools and consuming law enforcement resources. You can expect video coming up next.

[GoCubsGo]

14. There's a lot of that going around. WTF?

An 11-year-old in my county was arrested for similar threats against his and other middle schools. I also saw a headline from my local ABC affiliate that a 12-year-old from Texas sent bomb threats to a couple of middle schools in south Georgia. I hope the FBI is paying closer attention to social media, since these kids' parents don't seem to be doing that.

[iluvtennis]

15. Instead of buying this kid all of those guns, the parents need to use those funds to get this kid some HELP. n/t

[Emile]

16. 11 years old is just a little kid. The parents are the problem.

[Joinfortmill]

17. What have we become?

[flying_wahini]

18. The guns are not the only point of the story. The sheriff said in his earlier press conference that the state was out

$24k for pay running down these phone threats. He said his staff was stretched thin as it was.
He talked like kids were calling in dozens of times.
They don’t know if they are toy guns or what is going on until they send authorities out to investigate.
They don’t know WHAT they are walking into.
Many kids are within arms reach of a gun in their homes.
Yeah, this kid had lots of “toys”, but who’s to say they shouldn’t press charges for the threats?

[Dennis Donovan]

19. How do you charge an 11 year old boy?

FL DCF should get involved with the parents before that happens.

[flying_wahini]

20. I don't know. But how do you know it's bogus until you check? So let the phone threats just go?

[Dennis Donovan]

21. No one is saying they shouldn't be investigated. n/t

[intheflow]

22. Sure, they found "toys" in the kid's room.

But are there real guns elsewhere in the house? God knows it’s easy enough for a determined kid to get the real thing.