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

A fifth grade scholar in Florida was arrested over the weekend and charged with sending a textual content message threatening to carry out a mass capturing, authorities said.

In a press release Saturday, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office stated it had learned earlier that day of a "threatening text message" sent by a pupil at an elementary school.

It mentioned its local faculty risk enforcement group was instantly notified and started investigating. The 10-year-old boy was interviewed and charged later with "making a written risk to conduct a mass taking pictures," the sheriff's office said.

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

“This pupil’s habits is sickening, particularly after the current tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno mentioned in an announcement, noting that the menace came simply days after the deadly college capturing at Robb Elementary School left 19 students and two teachers lifeless.

“Proper now just isn't the time to act like just a little delinquent. It’s not funny,” he said. “This little one made a fake threat, and now he’s experiencing actual consequences.”

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

The comment came as authorities in Uvalde face mounting criticism over their response to the Could 24 college capturing after it came to mild that they waited roughly an hour for backup as an alternative of instantly transferring in on the gunman.

Chantal Da Silva is a breaking news editor for NBC News Digital based mostly in London.