4 juvenile suspects charged after school threats in New Jersey

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FEW MORE MINUTES HERE AT ACTION NEWS AT FOUR. >> ALL RIGHT. SEE YOU SOON. THANK YOU. TWO SOUTH JERSEY SCHOOL DISTRICTS WERE CLOSED TODAY, AND A HANDFUL OF OTHERS WERE OPERATING UNDER HEIGHTENED SECURITY FOLLOWING ONLINE THREATS. AUTHORITIES HAVE TAKEN A NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN CUSTODY IN CONNECTION WITH THESE THREATS. ALL OF THEM ARE JUVENILES. NEW JERSEY CORRESPONDENT TRISH HARTMAN LIVE IN WOODBURY WITH DETAILS ON THE INVESTIGATION. TRISH >> YEAH. SARAH. SO FAR FOUR JUVENILES HAVE BEEN CHARGED. BUT AT THIS POINT, POLICE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THESE STUDENTS WERE ALL WORKING TOGETHER. THE POLICE CHIEF HERE IN WOODBURY SAYS THAT THE STUDENT ALLEGEDLY BEHIND THE ORIGINAL POST DID NOT HAVE ACCESS TO ANY WEAPONS, AND HE CALLED IT A CRY FOR HELP. WOODBURY SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAY A 12 YEAR OLD WAS BEHIND A THREATENING TIKTOK MADE ON SUNDAY, MENTIONING SEVERAL SCHOOLS IN GLOUCESTER AND CAMDEN COUNTIES. >> TRACKING DOWN IP ADDRESSES, SUBPOENAS, SEARCH WARRANTS, EMERGENCY. YOU KNOW, REQUESTS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU KNOW, SITES AND PAGES. WE WERE IN THAT INDIVIDUAL'S BEDROOM BY 11 P.M, PUTTING THEM IN CUSTODY. >> STILL, BOTH WOODBURY AND DEPTFORD PUBLIC SCHOOLS WERE CLOSED TODAY, ESPECIALLY ON THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT. >> WHAT HAPPENED LAST, LAST WEEK? SO THEY THEY ALWAYS WANT TO PUT THE KIDS FIRST. >> OTHER AREA SCHOOL DISTRICTS DID HOLD CLASSES WITH EXTRA POLICE ON HAND. SEVERAL OTHER JUVENILES AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS WERE ALSO CHARGED WITH MAKING THREATS, INCLUDING STUDENTS FROM GLASSBORO AND HARRISON TOWNSHIP. TODAY, A BOY WAS REMOVED FROM BUNKER HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL IN WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP AND CHARGED WITH FALSE PUBLIC ALARM AND TERRORISTIC THREATS. SO FAR, POLICE DO NOT BELIEVE THE STUDENTS WERE WORKING TOGETHER. >> SOMEONE SEES A THREAT OUT THERE. THEY THINK POSSIBLY THAT SCHOOL, AND IF THEY HEAR THAT, THAT SCHOOL IS NOW CLOSED THE NEXT DAY, THEY THINK POSSIBLY THEIR SCHOOL CAN BE CLOSED THE NEXT DAY. >> HOLY ANGELS CATHOLIC SCHOOL IN WOODBURY WAS AMONG THE SCHOOLS MENTIONED IN THE INITIAL POST. WE SPOKE TO SOME STUDENTS AND THEIR GRANDMOTHER TODAY. >> NOTHING REALLY IS LIKE ANONYMOUS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, SO YOU SHOULDN'T JUST LIKE TEXT THREATS, PUT THREATS ON TIKTOK OR SOCIAL MEDIA. >> I THINK IN THESE DAYS AND TIMES WE HAVE TO TAKE EVERY PRECAUTION TO KEEP THE CHILDREN SAFE, ESPECIALLY AFTER WHAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK WITH THE SCHOOL SHOOTING. THERE >> A LOT OF PARENTS AND STUDENTS ARE ON EDGE NOW. WOODBURY PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE ANNOUNCED THEY WILL BE OPEN TOMORROW. DEPTFORD PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE NOT MADE A DECISION AS TO WHETHER THEY WILL OPEN TOMORROW OR NOT. WOODBURY POLICE AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE STILL INVESTIGATING. WE'RE LIVE IN

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