Authorities: Students admit to threat made at Orange Park Jr. High, claim it ‘was a joke’

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Threat astatine Orange Park schoolhouse conscionable 1 of others precocious made astatine Jacksonville-area schools

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Reported threats made toward schools successful Northeast Florida person captured the attraction of parents and instrumentality enforcement -- and constabulary privation students to know, the threats tin travel with superior consequences.

Mandi Jo said her girl is successful the eighth people astatine Orange Park Junior High School. She said she got a voicemail from the schoolhouse Friday explaining that a menace had been made.

“Told america it was thing serious,” Jo said. “It’s a precise scary situation.”

The Orange Park Police Department released a connection Friday. It reads successful part:

“This past week, OPPD School Resource Officers responded to reports of threats wrong Orange Park Junior High. The efforts of officers person identified students progressive successful antithetic incidents regarding the threats. The students made admissions to making the menace and claimed it was a joke. The students person been disciplined successful accordance with the Clay County District School’s Student Code of Conduct.”

Another menace was reported Wednesday astatine Keystone Heights Junior/Senior High School.

The Clay County District Schools Police Department posted a connection that reads successful part:

“This day we were made alert that a pupil wrote a threatening connection toward Keystone Heights Junior/Senior High School connected the partition successful 1 of the school’s restrooms. The unit and our officers took contiguous enactment upon this report.”

It wasn’t conscionable successful Clay County. Landmark Middle School successful Duval County posted connected its Facebook leafage that the schoolhouse was implementing greater information measures including screenings, container checks and further officers connected Friday.

And different was made astatine a schoolhouse successful Columbia County, wherever it’s sheriff’s bureau connected Friday posted:

“School Resource Deputies person been made alert of immoderate information concerns involving Fort White Middle School. Some of these concerns person been making their mode astir societal media. Deputies and schoolhouse officials person worked unneurotic to analyse the accusation which has been circulating. At this time, we bash not judge determination to beryllium a credible menace associated with this information.”