Florida fifth grader arrested, charged with threatening a mass capturing, police say

A fifth grade student in Florida was arrested over the weekend and charged with sending a text message threatening to hold out a mass taking pictures, authorities stated.

In an announcement Saturday, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office stated it had learned earlier that day of a "threatening text message" sent by a scholar at an elementary faculty.

It mentioned its native school risk enforcement workforce was instantly notified and started investigating. The 10-year-old boy was interviewed and charged later with "making a written risk to conduct a mass taking pictures," the sheriff's office stated.

In video shared by authorities, the boy may be seen being led right into a police vehicle.

“This scholar’s habits is sickening, especially after the current tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno stated in a press release, noting that the risk got here just days after the deadly college shooting at Robb Elementary Faculty left 19 college students and two lecturers dead.

“Right now just isn't the time to behave like a bit delinquent. It’s not humorous,” he stated. “This baby made a fake risk, and now he’s experiencing real penalties.”

Marceno said his workforce “didn’t hesitate one second...NOT ONE SECOND,” to research the incident.

The comment came as authorities in Uvalde face mounting criticism over their response to the May 24 college capturing after it came to gentle that they waited roughly an hour for backup as an alternative of instantly transferring in on the gunman.

Chantal Da Silva is a breaking news editor for NBC News Digital based in London.