Hoax calls lead to massive response by police at Miami schools, officials say
Miami-Dade Schools Police said they are still working to determine who made the hoax call.
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Miami-Dade Schools Police said they are still working to determine who made the hoax call.
A 19 year old high school student has been given an over $2000 bond after police say she pulled the employees' hair and pinned them to the ground.
The "school guardian" bill comes after a deadly shooting last year at Florida State University, where two people were killed and five others were injured at the hands of a student.
A Miami-Dade Public School District spokesperson told CBS News Miami Tuesday afternoon that authorities found no credible threat.
According to Fort Lauderdale police, a school resource officer received a threat about to the school around 11:45 a.m.
Additional officers were sent to the school to assist in the investigation.
Pembroke Pines Police say there was no credible threat made against the students, staff or campus.
The Miami-Dade public school district said that parents should continue discussing responsible social media use with their children.
Hialeah Senior High School was placed on lockdown Monday morning as police investigated threats of a bomb and a gun on campus that were later determined to be a hoax.
CBS News Miami's Teri Hornstein was outside Hialeah Senior High School, which was placed on lockdown Monday morning as police investigated threats of a bomb and a gun on campus that were later determined to be a hoax.
Florida education leaders want parents to be reminded annually that they can face consequences if their children report false threats of violence.
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The Broward Sheriff's Office announced the arrest of a 12-year-old girl accused of making social media threats to county schools.
In the district's 32 high schools, students will pass through metal detectors from now on, as part of new security measures.
The teen admitted to authorities that she made the threats and said they were intended to be a joke, the sheriff's office said.
The Broward Sheriff's Office said she directed threats at several schools in the district.
In Florida, a threat made against a school is a second-degree felony.
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A Miami Beach Senior High School student was arrested last week following an unspecified threat the girl allegedly made on social media
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Hollywood police said the threats were not credible
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He also admitted to writing a note to the bank teller that read: "This is a robbery, give me the money, and no one will get hurt," according to an FBI arrest report.
The warning comes after a swimmer drowned off Pompano Beach last Sunday. Fort Lauderdale Ocean Rescue reported that more than 100 people had to be rescued last weekend alone.
The dispute centers on owners who rent out suites and junior suites for profit.
According to investigators from the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office (MDSO) real estate fraud squad, Maria del Carmen Alvarez- Concepcion, 57, was receiving illegal kickback payments from a contractor working on the building.
Rapper Offset is out of the hospital and speaking out days after he was shot outside of a Florida casino.
He also admitted to writing a note to the bank teller that read: "This is a robbery, give me the money, and no one will get hurt," according to an FBI arrest report.
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