Florida sheriff tells parents to ‘do your job’ after students allegedly make bogus school threats - Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood called 54 fake threats 'absolutely out of control'

A Florida sheriff has called out parents and students after saying his agency spent nearly $21,000 investigating dozens of hoax school threats posted on social media in less than a day.

Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood spoke Friday at a news conference alongside Volusia Public Schools officials, describing the situation as "absolutely out of control."

Chitwood said that 54 threats were reported to the Fortify Florida app, which allows citizens to report suspicious activity to law enforcement agencies, in less than 24 hours.

"That means investigators in the school district have been running around the clock to investigate these tips, which are all turning out to be false. So far, it's cost $21,000 to do these investigations," the sheriff said.

Fox News Digital has reached out to the sheriff's office for more information about the cost of the investigations and how they will be paid.

A 13-year-old student and 14-year-old student at Heritage Middle School were arrested and charged with making written threats to kill, a felony, after allegedly posting about committing a school shooting on TikTok and Instagram. A possible third suspect is being investigated.

Chitwood said that law enforcement will "come after" parents of kids who make bogus school violence threats.

"Parents, you don't want to raise your kids, I'm going to start raising them," Chitwood said. "Every time we make an arrest, your kid's photo is going to be put out there. And if I could do it, I'm going to perp walk your kid so that everybody can see what your kid's up to."

The sheriff said that if a parent knew what their child was up to and did nothing, he'd make sure the parents would get perp-walked with their child.

"This is absolutely ridiculous," Chitwood said. "Go talk to the families who have lost a loved one in a school shooting. These little knuckleheads think it's funny. Go talk to those parents and see how funny this is. It's not."

The sheriff’s remarks come less than two weeks after a 14-year-old student shot and killed two 14-year-old students and two teachers at Apalachee High School near Atlanta.

By Stephen Sorace Fox News
Published September 15, 2024 1:28pm EDT

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[Bored & Confused]

This guy reminds me of Jessi Slaughter's father. Except this guy is the cyber police.

 

[Cuban Pete]

I think perp walking edgy detached retards will only serve to publicly humiliate and aggravate them into better understanding that their elected officials import niggers en-masse to sit in on the controlled decline of their futures.

Something ironic is going to happen eventually and it’ll be self-explanatory and well deserved.

The poor retards need muh mentals so they can re-integrate

 

[he who has thus come/gone]

It’s gonna be tough to perp walk the non-existent parents of these retard criminal children. And once people start noticing patterns in the type of kid who does this, it’s all gonna be shut down anyways.

 

[CoolFool]

Why would shitty edge lord children care to have a mug shot and perp walk? If anything, they're going to find it cool that they're getting more attention and their friends are going to like it.

Punishing the parents might work, depends on the parents. Parents that are absent shitheads might beat their children some more for this but will otherwise do nothing to fix the behavior.

 

[National Defense Advocate]

Hey, isn't that the guy who threw a tantrum because people insulted him online?
What a gay boomer faggot, I hope a nigger kills him and records it so I can post it in the Watching people die thread and get hella updoots.

 

[Wodanaz]

local sheriff mad that normal teenagers do normal teenager things instead of crossdressing

 

[MunsterCheeseJr]

I would assume that the bulk of these calls are from remote internet trolls that are out of his jurisdiction.

His rant will only encourage those types of trolls because they expect that he cannot do anything about them.

Bumping to share this video that's been making the rounds of one of these kids that's making threats getting perp-walked

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(https://ghostarchive.org/archive/d4mLk)

On one hand, it is good to step it up and make it a bit more painful.

However that sheriff has just made the kid look cool and gangster as fuck. Maybe that is how he eliminates school shooters. He announces to all of the school girls that he has access to guns, a kill list, and makes him look like the ultimate bad boy by getting cuffed up and throw in the prison.

The panties will be dropping for him before they hit puberty. Congratulations. He has cured that kid's future inceldom.

If that sheriff really wants to make an impact, he should not perp walk him, or make him look like a bad ass. Record him crying like a scared little bitch or wetting his pants.

 

[The Un-Clit]

As a father of two kids grown to college age who are NOT pieces of shit, I say fucking BASED SHERIFF, good on him! Florida is starting to get a serious reputation as a 'don't fuck around' state with guys like Chitwood and Grady running law and order. If I had to become an American (GodBear save me) Florida would be the state to move to. Polk County in particular.

 

[DSP for president 2032]

I don't see why even an 11 year old with apparently a huge collection of weapons of various kinds should be treated with kid gloves for putting together kill lists and threatening to murder people he knows.

Eh... they did that thing where they stole his cool collection of BB guns and pretended they busted a cartel boss. They even stole his dang foam bopper training swords. Good job, Shitwood. You're almost as badass as the UK police who confiscated a bicycle wheel as a weapon.

I'll admit he has a lot of knives and a scary looking hatchet, but he can just go get a new one off AliExpress.

Why would shitty edge lord children care to have a mug shot and perp walk? If anything, they're going to find it cool that they're getting more attention and their friends are going to like it.

I got asked to come get interviewed by the police about some shit I said online at 17. I can confirm that all it did was make me more careful, and my friends thought it was funny.

If the kid really has bad intentions, I feel like it's just going to lock them in.

However that sheriff has just made the kid look cool and gangster as fuck. Maybe that is how he eliminates school shooters. He announces to all of the school girls that he has access to guns, a kill list, and makes him look like the ultimate bad boy by getting cuffed up and throw in the prison.

You make a good point. If Sheriff Chitwood is doing a quadruple-reverse backgammon chess move by hooking up the edgy loser boys with the psychopathic weirdo girls that want to bang murderous felons, then I take it all back. It's devious! Prevent school shootings by indirectly delivering pussy to incels.

 

[AnOminous]

However that sheriff has just made the kid look cool and gangster as fuck. Maybe that is how he eliminates school shooters. He announces to all of the school girls that he has access to guns, a kill list, and makes him look like the ultimate bad boy by getting cuffed up and throw in the prison.

The hybristophilia thing only seems to apply after you commit your special crime.

My problem is not with this thing, per se, but who's doing it and when. Some kind of auto-da-fe as conditions of release after conviction is one thing. A sheriff just arbitrarily deciding to punish people before they've even been tried, especially when he's a faggot like this guy, when a sheriff's job is executive and not to determine guilt, is out of order.

Much like his right wing counterpart Joe Arpaio, he's eventually going to do this to some kid who's been framed by a classmate and get Volusia County sued for millions.

Good job, Shitwood. You're almost as badass as the UK police who confiscated a bicycle wheel as a weapon.

I'd kind of assumed it was mostly mall ninja shit but some of these actually are weapons of a sort. If he's collecting this kind of shit at 11 and threatening to murder classmates it'll escalate. You really can't just ignore people putting together kill lists. It's one of those cases where when one of these losers does go nuts, the cops just say "he was on our radar and we did nothing lmao."

 

[Darkholme's Dungeon]

Maybe if kids like Torswats/Alan Filion hadn't been raised as feral retards and instead taught there were consequences, they wouldn't be looking at decades in prison for continuing to do this kind of dumb shit into adulthood. I don't see why even an 11 year old with apparently a huge collection of weapons of various kinds should be treated with kid gloves for putting together kill lists and threatening to murder people he knows.

Considering how they took away capital punishment of juviniles, is there an 8th amendment attack on this in the same vein of "think of ze kids!!!"?

 

[big pauper]

Maybe if kids like Torswats/Alan Filion hadn't been raised as feral retards and instead taught there were consequences, they wouldn't be looking at decades in prison for continuing to do this kind of dumb shit into adulthood. I don't see why even an 11 year old with apparently a huge collection of weapons of various kinds should be treated with kid gloves for putting together kill lists and threatening to murder people he knows.

i dont understand the causal connection between one retard and another retard or what it has to do with the image of a bunch of airsoft guns. i mean the number of them is a bit excessive for sure but i don't see how wooden swords and BB guns are outside the scope of "shit 11 year olds play with" and its very bizarre you would try and construe it otherwise

if the kid wasn't a dingus the guy wouldn't be posturing about it - which is exactly why its suspect, the role of a sheriff is supposed to be an authority figure. this guy is not acting as an authority figure, he's acting like someone's mom at a PTA meeting with her pitchforks out

 

[The Last Stand]

Good idea in theory. I'd love to see this implemented with urban youths and THEIR parents. There's plenty of material there.

 

[AnOminous]

Considering how they took away capital punishment of juviniles, is there an 8th amendment attack on this in the same vein of "think of ze kids!!!"?

I think it's a pretty basic due process issue to punish someone before they're even found guilty of anything. A sheriff holding someone in jail before trial has the responsibility of making sure they show up, not to make up his own personal punishments that he arbitrarily inflicts on anyone he doesn't like.

 

[Rome's rightful successor]

Redemption arc?

 

[CircuSphere]

This guy is a gargantuan faggot but I agree with him at least on this. It's just that he'll fuck it up with faggotry somehow.

He already did by putting his name on it. He should probably be off gargling kosher cummies with DeSantis instead. Sue me Shitwood you white nigger!

 

[Londo]

Are we supposed to dislike him? Because god damn this dude is based.

 

[Tiggletown]

Part of me thinks having an easily searchable video of you being arrested as a kid for saying edgy shit on the internet at 11 is a little bit of an overreaction.

But god damn is Airsoft such a faggy hobby, If your kid is that into guns and knives at 11 and you buy him a replica FN Scar on amazon instead of teaching him how to shoot with proper gun safety and respect then you should be perp walked right next to him.

Total Airsoft LARPer Death imo, It's a hobby for weak kids or failed adults who are too scared/poor to buy real guns (or worse, Europeans) and they treat them like FUNKO pops or Action figures instead of what they really are a serious deadly tool to protect yourself and your loved ones first and foremost, Looking cool at the range comes secondary.

 

[sassblassted]

I like the idea of naming and shaming, but isn't this shit just gonna give kids the attention that they want? No one makes bomb threads or do school shootings because they don't want attention...

 

[Flea Man Marbles]

Lol fuck this dude. School shootings (and threats) are just going to continue to rise until compulsory schooling is ended. I look forward to seeing him stroke out live on camera someday.