Red Bank Middle School Student Arrested For Making Threat Of Mass Violence

  • Tuesday, March 28, 2023

A Red Bank Middle School student has been arrested for making a threat of mass violence.

The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office School Resource Deputy assigned to Red Bank Middle School was notified on Tuesday at approximately 10:15 a.m. by school administrators of a possible school threat made by a student.

Upon investigating the incident, the SRD collaborated witness statements and obtained probable cause to charge the juvenile suspect via juvenile petition with a threat of mass violence on school property (TCA – 39-16-517), which is a Class A misdemeanor.

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