Girl, 12, Threatens Indiana School Via Snapchat: Authorities

DUGGER, IN — A 12-year-old Shelburn girl who threatened students and staff at Dugger Union Community School has been arrested, authorities said. The girl made multiple threats on the popular social media app Snapchat, the Sullivan County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post.

Investigators worked through Monday evening and arrested the girl at a residence just after 12:30 a.m. on Tuesday, authorities said.

No weapons were found, nor any other items that would've made the threat credible, authorities said. Even so, they issued a stern warning to anyone else thinking of making such threats.

“We are not going to put up with it,” Sheriff Clark Cottom said in the post. "Threaten our schools and we will track you down and arrest you."

The girl has been charged with felony intimidation. She was taken to the sheriff's office and will be taken to the Southwest Juvenile Detention Center in Vincennes, authorities said.

The sheriff's office sent staff to help the Dugger town marshal with patrolling the school on Tuesday. The school is located off East Co Road 50 South, near South Co Road 750 East.

The case is among roughly a dozen involving school threats in the state since the mass shooting last week at a Parkland, Florida, high school that killed 17 students and faculty.

Two boys were arrested near Indianapolis over social media threats toward Carmel High School and four Warrick County schools started the school day on alert Monday after a shooting threat via Snapchat.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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