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Juvenile Arrested for School Threats at Pine Forest High School

With the assistance of Cumberland County deputies , authorities in Hahnville, Louisiana, have arrested a 14-year-old juvenile in connection with threats of mass violence to students and faculty at Pine Forest High School in Fayetteville. 

The arrest of the 14-year-old boy on charges of violating the Louisiana statute against terrorizing others by communicating threats of violence came after the St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office began investigating the teenager and the Cumberland County Sheriff’s detectives traced the threats to Louisiana.

The threats were made on social media and in chat rooms by the teenager who had no connection with Pine Forest, but who had been able to obtain information about the school and its students through those websites.

Deputies of Sheriff Greg Champagne, the St. Charles Parish Sheriff, with the assistance of Cumberland County Sheriff’s detectives were able to locate the teenager in Louisiana and to question him.  Once questioned by the detectives, the teenager acknowledged misusing a social media account to obtain the names of students at Pine Forest in order to make the students, faculty, and the public believe that the threats of violence were real.

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The teenager was charged with the offense of terrorizing the public.  He is being held at the Assumption Louisiana Juvenile Detention Center in lieu of a $100,000 bond.

Cumberland County Sheriff Earl “Moose” Butler stated, “We greatly appreciate the efforts of Sheriff Greg Champagne and the cooperation of the St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office in making this arrest.  I have known Sheriff Champagne personally through the national Sheriff’s Association in which we both work. His hard work and cooperation in this case and that of his deputies proved invaluable in solving this crime and, hopefully, in preventing future crimes of this type.” 

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Sheriff Butler stated, “We want the public to know that this office takes all threats of violence in our schools seriously, and we will continue to work to keep students, faculty, and the public safety.”



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