16-year-old girl accused of threatening Rockville school on social media

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (7News) — A 16-year-old Gaithersburg girl is facing charges after being accused of making threats on Instagram against Wootton High School on Tuesday.

A Montgomery County Department of Police (MCPD) officer spoke to a Rockville parent who said his child, another student at Wootton, saw an Instagram post with a direct threat to the school.

A detective interviewed the teenager and her parents when the girl admitted to making the threats. There does not appear to be an ongoing threat to the community, according to MCPD…

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