Teen accused of making fake bomb, gun threat at Keys high school

Florida Monroe County Sheriff's Office cruiser. (WPLG)

MARATHON, Fla. ā€“ A 16-year-old girl was arrested Friday after deputies say she made a fake bomb and gun threat at a high school in the Florida Keys.

According to Monroe County Sheriffā€™s Office spokesperson Adam Linhardt, Ava Carol Patterson is facing charges that include making a false report concerning planting a bomb, an explosive, or a weapon of mass destruction and concerning the use of firearms in a violent manner.

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MCSO deputies said they received a tip from U.S. Homeland Security Investigations that two subjects were going to put a bomb inside Coral Shores High School, located at 89901 Old Hwy, in Tavernier, and shoot an individual with a gun.

Further investigation showed Patterson falsely made the threats and named the two subjects following an unrelated dispute among them, according to Linhardt.

No weapons or suspicious items were found in the school.

No other details were immediately released.


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