Crime & Safety
East Hampton Juvenile Charged With Threatening With A Firearm
Police arrested a 12-year-old boy on allegations that he made a threatening video of himself holding what appeared to be a real firearm.
EAST HAMPTON, CT — Police arrested a 12-year-old juvenile on allegations that he made a video of himself holding what appeared to be a real firearm, according to a police statement. The juvenile was charged with first-degree threatening with a firearm and first-degree harassment.
Police said the boy made a video of himself holding what appeared to be a gun in which he could be heard saying “I’m going to get you pow pow pow.”
The weapon turned out to be a BB gun which was an exact replica of a Glock model 19, according to police.
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The accused then sent that video to another juvenile.
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