Teen Charged After Online Threats Made Against Hoover Athletes

HOOVER, AL — An incident involving online threats against student-athletes at Hoover High School and Spain Park High School has resulted in the arrest of a 15-year-old boy, who is charged with two counts of making terrorist threats.

The incident originally came under investigation Aug. 20 when school officials were made aware of threats made on social media directed at future high school athletic events.

The Hoover Police Special Victims Unit, School Resource Officers and Hoover City Schools immediately began an investigation that led to the development of a 15-year-old suspect.

The threat reportedly was posted by Instagram account @powertoppl109, claiming that 10 players from Spain Park would be targeted at the Thompson game on September 10 and five Hoover High School players would be targeted for the October 10 Hewitt-Trussville game.

Instagram removed the posts, but not before screenshots of the threats were captured.

A report from Hoover police said because the threats were related to both Hoover High School and Spain Park High School events, the case was presented to juvenile magistrates in both Jefferson and Shelby counties, hence the two charges.