NEW BALTIMORE — The FBI is involved in a threat investigation directed towards Anchor Bay Middle School North earlier this week.
The school received a voicemail on Tuesday in which the calling person said that they have knowledge involving a “gang” that was planning to target the school with violence.
Authorities believe that the voicemail came from a device outside of Michigan and that there was no immediate threat to the school.
“At this time, there is no evidence to suggest an immediate danger,” stated Phil Jankowski, the Superintendent of the Anchor Bay School District.
Jankowski wants to remind students that sharing any potential threat on social media hinders the investigation and spreads false rumors.
“It is much better to directly report something than to spread rumors,” he continued.
The investigation into the threat remains ongoing by local law enforcement as well as the FBI.
Anybody who has information related to a potential threat is urged to call the schools front office or local law enforcement.
This comes as school threats rise throughout the nation, where some law enforcement agencies in Florida and Texas have begun releasing mugshots and perp-walks of juveniles caught making threats.
Well over 1,000 school threats have been reported nationwide just this school year alone.
Authorities in South Carolina have arrested 21 juveniles for making threats. Five teenagers in the Memphis, TN area have also been arrested for threats that locked down a lot of metro area school in the state. Authorities in Polk County, Florida have arrested 24 subjects in their county alone this school year for threats as well. West Virginia authorities have also arrested more than 20 juveniles for the same crimes.
In Michigan, you can be charged with making a false report of terrorism for threatening a school, which is a felony punishable of up to 20-years. You can also be charged with prohibited use of an electronic device, also a 20-year felony.
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