RICHMOND, Va. — Richmond City’s Office of the Commonwealth Attorney says Virginia students facing charges for school threats are getting younger.
On Monday night, Charles City Council officials announced that a 14-year-old, charged with threats of death or bodily injury to a public school, is now in a detention center until their first court appearance.
At least two Chesterfield teens and one Newport News teen are facing similar charges for different kinds of school threats.
All are under the age of 15.
An 11-year-old from Henrico is also facing a slew of charges in Florida for making threats to schools after Henrico County Police got involved with the child and their family multiple times.
“When I started practicing in Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, you would see high school students, the occasional maybe 14-year-old at the end of middle school, or the 15-year-old at the end of middle school,” said Richmond Commonwealth Attorney Colette McEachin. “Now 10-year-olds, 11-year-olds, 12 to 13-year-olds, charged with serious offenses, sexual offenses, firearms offenses, having the ability to get a fire, to brandish a firearm.”