SPRING HILL, Fla — A Gulf Coast Academy student has been arrested after deputies say the student made threats to kill or harm another student at another school.
Saturday evening, Hernando County sheriff's deputies received information that a student at Gulf Coast Academy, "while chatting with another person using a messaging platform, made threats to kill another student" at Springstead High School.
Deputies responded to the student's home and the student who is accused of making the threats refused to speak with deputies and requested an attorney, the sheriff's office says.
The parents of the students allowed deputies to search their home and they were able to locate the student's cell phone and tablet and took them in for evidence.
The student's parents told deputies any weapons inside their home were secure and inaccessible for their child.
Following the search, the student was placed under arrest. He is charged with written threats to kill or harm and was transported to the Department of Juvenile Justice in Ocala.
Out of an abundance of caution, there will be heightened security at Springstead High School on Monday morning, the sheriff's office says.
The Hernando County Sheriff's Office did not specify what grade the student was in.
Correction: A correction has been issued to update the school the suspected student who was arrested attends. Hernando County Sheriff's Office reports the student attends Gulf Coast Academy, not Springstead High School. The student charged thought the "intended victim" attended Springstead High School, but that student does not attend either Springstead High School or Gulf Coast Academy.