Monroe County teen girl sends school threat via group text [Video]

OTTAWA LAKE, MICH. (WWJ) A 15-year-old Temperance girl was arrested for threatening her Monroe County high school via group text, the sheriff said.

In a press release; the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said officials from Whiteford Agricultural Schools contacted deputies about a threat of gun violence against the school planned for Monday (9/9). The call came on Saturday (9/7), around noon, from Whiteford Middle/High School on Consear near Sylvania-Petersburg Rd., in Ottawa Lake— about 16 miles northwest of Toledo, Ohio.

According to the sheriff’s office, the girl sent the threat via a group text message chat session to some of her other classmates. A parent of one of those classmates alerted school officials to the threat.

Investigators contacted the suspect and her parents; and seized a small caliber-bolt action rifle from the family’s home. She is being housed at the Monroe County Youth Center.

Her name is being withheld.

“Deputies will continue to work closely …