UPDATED
Dade County Schools and Law Enforcement are dealing with yet another threat This morning.
From The Dade County Sheriff’s Office
This morning, we received information from Marion County, TN Dispatch that a juvenile who resides in Jasper, TN had made threats via social media towards Dade Middle School.
Our Deputies immediately notified the school system and responded to Dade Middle School as a precautionary measure until the juvenile was located. Jasper, TN Police Department quickly located the juvenile and notified DCSO that they had the juvenile in custody.
Tennessee Law Enforcement has notified us that they will be charging the juvenile with Tennessee Code Section 39-16-517 (Threat of mass violence on school property or at school-related activity).
“We will always take school threats seriously. We will investigate and PROSECUTE any threat of violence to our school system, to the fullest extent of the law, with ZERO tolerance. I want to thank everyone in Marion County for their assistance with this, as well as Jasper PD for their quick response and location of the juvenile. My investigators will continue to work with Tennessee authorities on this case, offering assistance with anything they need!” -Sheriff Ray Cross
This message went out to Dade county parents this morning.
We received a report this morning from the Dade County Sheriff’s Office that an individual from Marion County, TN had threatened harm to Dade Middle School. Law enforcement has located the individual and they are currently with him in Marion County. There is no evidence of an immediate threat to DMS, but there is an extra presence of law enforcement on campus. That is all the information we have on this case at this time. DCSO plans to release a statement soon.