FRANKLIN COUNTY, Pa. — Update, 6/2: After executing a search warrant at a residence on Harrison Avenue in the borough of Waynesboro, officers determined that a 14-year-old boy was the individual who created the fictitious account and disseminated the threat.
The juvenile has been charged with one felony count of terroristic threats, one misdemeanor count of terroristic threats, and one felony count of criminal use of a communications facility.
He has since been remanded to detention and is being held pending a hearing.
Investigators from the Franklin County District Attorney’s Office assisted in the investigation.
Previously:
The Waynesboro Area School District has announced that schools within the district will be closed today following an online threat, according to the Waynesboro Police Department.
On May 31, the police department received a complaint about a masked individual who displayed a handgun and posted a threat on social media advising that students not go to school on June 1.
Investigators have since determined that the message was posted from a fictitious account, according to police.
The individual responsible for posting the threat remains unidentified at this time, police say.
The FBI has been contacted and is assisting in determining the source of the malicious post.
