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

A fifth grade scholar in Florida was arrested over the weekend and charged with sending a text message threatening to hold out a mass taking pictures, authorities stated.

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

It mentioned its local college menace enforcement staff was instantly notified and began 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 workplace stated.

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

“This pupil’s behavior 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 lethal faculty shooting at Robb Elementary College left 19 students and two teachers dead.

“Right now is just not the time to behave like slightly delinquent. It’s not funny,” he mentioned. “This baby made a faux threat, and now he’s experiencing real penalties.”

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

The remark got here as authorities in Uvalde face mounting criticism over their response to the Could 24 school capturing after it came to light 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 in London.