RUTLEDGE, Tenn. (WATE) — A student was arrested at Grainger High School following a threat investigation on Monday.
Grainger County Sheriff James Harville said the sheriff’s office investigated report of threats made on social media. The investigation led to the arrest of a student at the school.
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The student was transported to the juvenile detention center and charged with making a threat of mass violence.
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Last year, a new state law took effect increasing the penalty for threatening to commit an act of mass violence on school property from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony…