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| Killer Clowns |
Teens who allegedly made fake killer clown threats charged.
At least two teens in Gloucester County
have been arrested and charged for allegedly posting social media
threats similar to the creepy “clown”
craze going on around the country, police said.
More charges may be on the way for two juveniles in
Deptford Township, police said Monday night.
One of the teens charged is a
13-year-old female — whose identity was not released, but attends Bunker
Hill Middle School in Washington Township. Police said she made threats that
started out "broadly based," Washington Township Police Department
Capt. Dennis Sims said Monday evening. Those threats against students later
turned much more specific, Sims added. Names and addresses of specific people
were included in the threat, according to police.
According to NBC10, the girl made the threats because of the current trend, which
began with reports of people dressed as clowns in rural South Carolina trying
to lure kids into the woods, and because she thought it would be funny. The
report adds that the teen's parents are cooperating with investigators.
The girl was charged with one count of cyber harassment, a
fourth-degree crime, and released to her parents, police said.
Police said later Monday that a second teen — a
14-year-old male — was charged with cyber harrassment in connection with a
separate, but similar, investigation.
The Washington Township schools superintendent, Joseph
Bollendorf, said Monday night that the district was "saddened" to
learn of the charges.
"Our District recognizes the seriousness of these
threats and has no tolerance for any proposed acts of violence or personal
injury," Bollendorf wrote. "The safety of our students and staff
remain our foremost priority, and we will continue to hold those that threaten
our security accountable."
Deptford Police said on Monday that two juveniles will be
charged with false public alarm in relation to two different social media
accounts that were created and posted threats about clowns coming to harm
students and teachers specifically at Deptford schools.
While there have been numerous copy-cat
posts on social media in which specific schools or towns have been named, most
of the fear began with a since-deleted Facebook message posted late last
week by an account called Aint Clownin Around. The post — which also spurred South Jersey law enforcement to
investigate — read, "we will be at all High schools this
friday to either kidnapp students or kill teachers going to they cars."
In Philadelphia, another 13-year-old girl was tied to a
"prank" played out on Instagram involving the clown threat.
A statement from the School District of Philadelphia's
Office of School Safety read, "the safety of our children and the
communities surrounding our schools is a top priority for us and we are taking
this matter seriously."
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