A South Florida teen was arrested on charges of threatening violence against his peers at Charles W. Flanagan High School in Pembroke Pines, confirming a worrying trend of youth-involved threats that continue to disrupt local communities and schools. According to CBS12, law enforcement took the 15-year-old into custody following a parent’s report of a disturbing message seen by multiple students, including her own child, that included images of firearms.
The school’s administration and a School Resource Officer (SRO) swiftly pinpointed the student responsible for the message, identified in a separate report by Local10 as Fidel Goico Jr. of Miramar, apprehending him on campus at approximately 12:01 p.m. yesterday; the arrest came alongside a pressing reminder from Pembroke Pines Police stressing the gravity of such threats as they discern no humor in these dangerous disruptions they always, without fail, pursue through full investigations.
The teenager faces serious allegations with one count of written or electronic threats to kill, a felony charge, leading to his transportation to the Juvenile Assessment Center for further assessment and potential consequences. “Threats made toward our local schools are not a joke and are fully investigated by our police department,” the Pembroke Pines Police Department expressed in a statement obtained by Local10, emphasizing the urgency and severity of the situation…