HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The Houston Independent School District, Texas’ largest, said recent threats to campuses have led to seven students arrested, many of those on felonies.
In addition, the FBI’s Houston field office said more than 30 reports of threats were logged with the bureau since the beginning of the school year.
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The numbers reflect authorities’ busy start of the fall semester, addressing and investigating threat after threat against campuses.
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“Hoax threats are a crime. They are not a joke, and they can have very real consequences,” HISD said in a statement, adding that a criminal investigator is assigned to every threat. “Parents and caregivers, please talk to your children about the seriousness of engaging in this dangerous behavior.”
HISD was among multiple school districts that investigated on-campus incidents within hours last Wednesday, including a stabbing at Sterling High Schooland a bomb …