a Ruckel Middle School student has been arrested after making an alleged threat to blow up another student’s home.

According to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, 14-year-old Brian Schuknecht has been charged with false reporting with intent to deceive, mislead, or misinform concerning planting a bomb or deadly explosives, a second degree felony.

An investigation revaled that schuknecht made the threat during a 6th period class earlier this week. He approached a witnss and asked for another student’s address, saying that he planned to stab the victim and blow him up.

Schuknecht also said that he knew how to make C4 explosives and had them at his house. A second student also overheard the comments, both provided verbal and written statements to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office.

Schuknecht admitted to making the comments but said he didn’t really mean what he said. The OCSO wanted to emphasize that any threat involving students or school safety is taken seriously and thoroughly investigated.