14-Year-Old Girl Charged With Threatening PGC Schools: Police

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD -- A 14-year-old girl faces charges after police say she emailed threats to two local high schools and a middle school.

The girl, who police did not identify, was charged with making threats of mass violence, electronic threats mailed to minor, and obscene matter/possession with intent to distribute (because one of the threats contained obscene photos, police say).

Police did not list the schools that were targeted. She was charged on Wednesday.

"While we are still investigating why the suspect in this case made the threats, our investigators have determined that she did not have means to carry out the threats," reads a report from the Prince George's County Police Department. "Nonetheless, the possibility of harm struck fear and concern in the hearts of hundreds of parents and students as the threats were shared countless times on social media.

"Our agency dedicated detectives to investigate the case as soon as we learned of the threats Tuesday," the report continues. "We increased security at all of the affected schools out of an abundance of caution, because we don’t take chances in these cases. It was a substantial allotment of resources dedicated to making sure our county’s students were safe."

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