Crime & Safety
Plant City Man Threatened To Injure Others At High School: U.S. DOJ
A Plant City man faces charges after threatening a Hillsborough County high school, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
PLANT CITY, FL — A Plant City man faces charges after threatening a Hillsborough County high school, according to a U.S. Department of Justice news release.
Janye B. Evans, 18, was charged with interstate transmission of a threat to injure.
Investigators learned on July 24 that Evans posted a photograph of himself on social media in front of the high school that “contained a caption threatening to injure others,” the DOJ said.
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They found other photos on his social media platform, several of which showed him in possession of what appeared to be guns, the agency said.
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