SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - A 12-year-old Sarasota Middle School student is being evaluated under the Baker Act after deputies say they found maps in his bedroom of Lakeview Elementary School that pinpointed locations of security cameras and locations of specific staff members.
The boy was suspended from Sarasota Middle School Aug. 17 after the boy was observed by a school district police officer mimicking cocking a shotgun, the latest in a series of behavior problems, records show.
According to the incident reports, the school police requested the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office conduct a threat assessment of the student’s home. After the boy’s parents consented to a search, deputies found multiple unsecured firearms inside the home belonging to the father.
They also found two maps of the boy’s former school Lakeview Elementary School. Deputies say the boy drew the location of security cameras and colored two specific teachers’ classrooms, where he wrote “destroy (teacher),” and “Ms. (teacher’s name) eliminated.”
ABC7 will not reveal the names of the teachers threatened, or the name of the minor involved.
Noting the number of unsecured guns in the home, “It appears the threat of violence against others has increased based on the Respondent drawing on a map of a school where it appears he intended to cause great bodily harm to staff and/or students,” the report said.
The sheriff’s office filed a temporary risk protection order, to remove all firearms and ammunition from the home. The order was signed Aug. 18 by Sarasota County Circuit Judge Thomas Krug. A hearing on whether to make the order permanent is scheduled for Aug. 25.
The student was transported to Bayside Center for Behavioral Health for evaluation, the report said.
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big_can_of_beans on August 23rd, 2023 at 02:49 UTC »
Teaching job comes with perks such as Assasins hunting you after school.
Squirrel_Master82 on August 23rd, 2023 at 02:27 UTC »
When I was in middle school, I had a (T&A) tab in my binder that contained a list of classmates that I thought were hot and wanted to date. And I thought my head was messed up..
IPorkNBeanzI on August 23rd, 2023 at 01:21 UTC »
I’m a parent of a student at this school. This child has had massive issues since kindergarten- mostly covered up by the school and administration. The parents have refused any and all help, and in fact, kept firearms and ammo strewn about the home, unsecured, and accessible to the children. This kid has Groped teachers Exposed himself to multiple students, multiple times Groped a student Made previous threats towards students and teachers Brought a shank to school Had to have an aide assigned to him personally, all day while at school. This kid had a complete “murder map”, documenting his plan, the schools security cameras, the classrooms, etc. The school district has kept this as mum as possible, in the past, and currently. This needs to be known! This kid is a very real threat and even the teachers are afraid!