Two more students arrested in Elmore County for making terrorist threats
Two more students in the River Regions have been arrested and charged with making a terrorist threat.
Millbrook Police Chief P.K. Johnson tells Action 8 News that around 10:00 p.m. Sunday, officers were made aware of social media activity making threats towards schools in the area, specifically Stanhope-Elmore High School and Millbrook Middle School.
Around 10:45 p.m., Millbrook police and Elmore County Board of Education officials were able to identify a 12-year-old juvenile, making contact with both the juvenile and her parents, who cooperated with our investigation.
Investigators determined that the juvenile in question was not responsible for creating the original social media post, but that the juvenile did participate in creating and commenting additional threats on the post.
A petition was filed against the juvenile for the offense Making a Terrorist Threat in the Elmore County Juvenile Court.
On Monday, with the assistance of ALEA’s Fusion Center, Millbrook police were able to locate the source of the original social media post, as well as identify the person responsible.
The unidentified student is a 12-year-old Millbrook Middle School student, who lives in Prattville.
Contact was made with both the juvenile and their parent, who is cooperating with law enforcement in this investigation.
Charges are expected to be filed against the juvenile offender for the offense of Making a Terroristic Threat in the Elmore County Juvenile Court.
These latest arrests bring the total of five students arrested in the area.
Earlier Monday, Montgomery police said three students, two 13-year-old juveniles and an 11-year-old juvenile, were also arrested.
