Social Media Threats At Cary-Grove Unfounded: Authorities

CARY, IL – There is more of a police presence at Cary-Grove High School today – even after social media threats made over Snapchat and Facebook were deemed unfounded. In addition, many parents kept their kids home from school, according to the Northwest Herald.

The social media threats were reported on Monday.

The Northwest Herald reports:

One of the images was identified as fabricated, a second image was re-posted but not created by the person whose name is attached to it and a third image contained false information distributed by multiple individuals in response to the fabricated image.

There was a school resources officer and two additional officers at Cary-Grove High on Tuesday.

Cindy Regennitter of Cary told the Northwest Herald the increased police presence helped her and her husband make the difficult decision to send their daughter to school.

"My daughter texted me from class and said it’s like a ghost town," Regennitter said. "There’s hardly anyone there – maybe 10 people in her first class. I had to have a long conversation with my husband on whether or not to send her. We decided if we don’t send her, when would be a good day to send her? What if it happens the next day? Are we going to live in fear of the unknown?"

Social media reports at schools have been cropping up across the Chicago area ever since the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida.

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