Hennepin County Sherriff expressing concern over youth crime tied to social media posts

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (KFGO/WCCO) – Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt links vaping and social media to a surge in juvenile crime.

Sheriff Witt expressed concern over youth posing with weapons on platforms like Snapchat and urged parents to monitor their children’s online activity. She told WCCO it ‘is not snitching, it’s saving lives.’

“You know, guns are still a thing, as I said before, with kids looking for guns in these cars,” the sheriff explains. “Well, Snapchat has been quite the frequent tool that’s been used where you have kids that are posing on Snapchat with guns.”…

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