Sarasota Social Media Threat Brings Heightened Security To School

SARASOTA, FL — Police were on high alert Friday at Sarasota High after a student's threatening Snapchat message raised alarms.

The student who received the threatening message brought it to teachers who alerted law enforcement. Police said that they tracked down the sender, a "young girl," and they spoke to her and her parents. After the discussion, police said that they did not have any reason to believe there was any threat to the school.

However, the police decided send additional officers to school on Friday out of an "abundance of caution."

The police did not identify who sent or received the threat, and they did not say what the message said.

"As always, the Sarasota Police Department encourages anyone who sees or reads anything that is suspicious, to notify their local law enforcement immediately as in this case today," the department said in a statement.

WWSB reported that security levels at Sarasota High will return to normal on Monday as an investigation into the incident continues..

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