COLQUITT COUNTY, Ga. (WTXL)- A 7th grade student in Colquitt County is facing charges Friday after deputies say the student made a threat to a school.
Deputies say the threat was written as a book by a 7th grade student and the student admitted to writing it. School resource officers say they have to take everything seriously and investigate it to the fullest.
The incident happened Thursday at Willie J. Williams Middle School. The 7th grade student was arrested after the investigation was complete.
There are currently eight school resource officers in the county school system and all of them have the same goal to keep the students safe.
Superintendent Doug Howell released this statement to WALB Friday.
Part of it reads:
"The student confessed to the writing in the book. There were no weapons involved or found at the school. The student was arrested by the authorities, charges were pressed. The student was also suspended 10 days to a disciplinary hearing. He is not at school."
