Threats Against Hylton High Student Deemed Bogus: Police

WOODBRIDGE, VA—A 16-year-old boy was arrested Friday for making multiple threats of violence against a fellow student at Hylton High School, according to Prince William County Police. He was charged with communicating a threat of bodily harm over electronic means, threats of serious bodily injury on school property and destruction of property.

Around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, went to a residence for a reported threat. The victim had received several threatening Instagram messages from two user accounts that suggested an act of violence against the student while at school.

The next day, another student reported to the school resource officer finding graffiti on a bathroom stall suggesting an act of violence. As it turns out, though, the same student arrested had posted the Instagram messages as well as scribbled the graffiti.

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