Up to 22 arrested in Volusia County for school threats

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — Another Volusia County student is in trouble with the law, after being accused of making threats.

A New Smyrna Beach Middle School teacher said an 11-year-old came up to her on Monday and shook a box of Tic Tac candy, making  a sound like a gunshot. The student then walked up to another student and said he was going to shoot that student, deputies said.

The student who deputies said made the threat is the 22nd student in the county accused of making school threats since the Parkland shooting.

In an unrelated incident Monday at Holly Hill Middle School, a student allegedly cocked his arm as if he was loading a gun and said, "Bang, bang.”

Both students face felony charges.

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