Florida fifth grader arrested, charged with threatening a mass capturing, police say

A fifth grade pupil in Florida was arrested over the weekend and charged with sending a text message threatening to carry out a mass capturing, authorities stated.

In a statement Saturday, the Lee County Sheriff’s Workplace stated it had realized earlier that day of a "threatening text message" despatched by a student at an elementary school.

It said its native college threat enforcement group was instantly notified and began investigating. The ten-year-old boy was interviewed and charged later with "making a written menace to conduct a mass capturing," the sheriff's office said.

In video shared by authorities, the boy might be seen being led right into a police automobile.

“This scholar’s behavior is sickening, particularly after the recent tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno mentioned in a press release, noting that the risk came simply days after the deadly school shooting at Robb Elementary School left 19 college students and two academics dead.

“Proper now just isn't the time to act like a bit of delinquent. It’s not funny,” he stated. “This youngster made a pretend menace, and now he’s experiencing real penalties.”

Marceno stated his workforce “didn’t hesitate one second...NOT ONE SECOND,” to analyze the incident.

The comment got here as authorities in Uvalde face mounting criticism over their response to the Might 24 faculty shooting after it got here to gentle that they waited roughly an hour for backup as a substitute of instantly transferring in on the gunman.

Chantal Da Silva is a breaking information editor for NBC News Digital primarily based in London.