Overview
- The FBI Houston Field Office reported that four juveniles were arrested in recent days and charged with making terroristic threats connected to school-targeted posts.
- Three of the arrests are tied to threats against Pasadena ISD schools and one is tied to a threat against Huntsville High School.
- Investigators say one additional school-related threat remains under active investigation and no charges have been announced in that case.
- Local prosecutors and school officials plan criminal and disciplinary actions; authorities have described at least one Pasadena case as third-degree felony terroristic-threat charges for an alleged planned attack.
- FBI Houston warns of a seasonal rise in school threats, says last year it received dozens of tips, and asks the public to report threats to law enforcement and not repost them online because hoaxes drain resources and can cause campus closures.