17-year-old boy in custody after reported social media threat against Sebastian River High School

Will Greenlee | Treasure Coast Newspapers

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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — A former student in Indian River County is in custody after what officials said was a social media threat toward Sebastian River High School, the Sheriff’s Office said Friday.

It was one of two incidents Thursday on the Treasure Coast in which law enforcement officials linked teens to school threats.

On Thursday, Indian River County sheriff’s investigators got information about a social media threat.

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“Detectives quickly identified a 17-year-old male former Indian River County student as a suspect in the case,” the agency said on Facebook.

“They learned the student had not attended school in our county since 2015 and now resides in Hernando County.”

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Hernando County is on Florida’s west coast.

Sheriff’s officials in Hernando County helped take the 17-year-old boy into custody.

Any charges to be brought against the teen were not clear Friday.

Requests to the Sheriff's Office Friday for additional information about the case were not addressed.

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In St. Lucie County, a 13-year-old boy was accused Thursday of saying he was a terrorist and was going to blow up a school bus. He was arrested and his grandparents notified, an affidavit said.

That boy was arrested on a felony charge of making a threat to bomb and false report of a bomb, explosive, or weapon mass destruction. He also was arrested on misdemeanor charges related to disturbing the peace.

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