Even when children start to lose their baby fat and childish looks, most are still many years away from being able to think and reason like an adult. Most are experiencing big emotions, often without the tools to regulate them. There’s nothing unusual about human beings making unwise decisions based off of their emotions. But when children do this, they often leap without considering the consequences of their actions.
One Florida middle schooler may have learned this lesson after she allegedly made some serious threats on TikTok, and ended up getting arrested.
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The girl allegedly posted a video calling other students vulgar and insulting words.
Neisha Pierre, an 11-year-old student at Pine Ridge Middle School in Naples, Florida, was arrested on Thursday, after reportedly making comments she shared on social media, according to NBC 2. The child reportedly threatened to kill a classmate in October. Another student discovered Neisha’s threat and reported it to the school administration and a youth resource deputy.
The student claimed the account featured a video that showed several middle school students with insulting and vulgar words printed over their photos, according to WFLA.
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When another student told Neisha they were reporting her, she allegedly issued a death threat.
The student messaged Neisha and informed her of their plans to report her to the school. She reportedly replied saying, “B—, I f—— dare you to talk to me like that again … I will f—— kill you. I heard you were going to report me and I will kill you, watch yourself.”
The girl was arrested and charged with multiple crimes.
Collier County Sheriff’s Office detectives were granted a court-ordered subpoena provided by TikTok and Comcast Cable Communications to locate the owner of the account. They were able to trace it back to Neisha’s email and IP address. That’s when detectives learned she was a sixth grade student at Pine Ridge.
The 11-year-old was charged with written threats to kill or do bodily injury or conduct a mass shooting or act of terrorism.
Later, authorities determined the threat was not credible.
The latter charge is considered a second-degree felony. Later, authorities determined that the girl’s threats were not credible. Mo Canady, Executive Director with the National Association of School Resource Officers, told WBRC determining whether a threat is credible or not can be the longest and most complex part of an investigation.
Law enforcement works with the school to determine if the student body is actually in danger. A noncredible threat means the student, in most cases, had no true intention of harming anyone at school and may have been dealing with unrelated stressors, according to 9News.
Even when a threat is deemed not credible, increased security precautions are taken. At the time of reporting, there’s been no word if the charges against Neisha have been dropped.
