Meadowdale Middle School student arrested for threatening texts
LYNNWOOD, Wash. - Lynnwood Police arrested a Meadowdale Middle School student for sending threatening texts to another student.
Police say they were called by a Meadowdale student's parents, who said he received threatening texts from a schoolmate. These texts included images of weapons, and also indicated an intent to harm others in the school, authorities say.
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Officers went to the suspect student's house, a 14-year-old boy, and arrested him and booked him into the Denney Juvenile Justice Center for harassment and threats.
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