An 11-year-old boy in Volusia County, Florida, was hauled off to the county jail and publicly shamed by the County Sheriff after threatening to shoot up a faculty and writing a listing of names and targets.
“He had written a listing of names and targets. He says it was all a joke,” stated Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood in social media posts. “Volusia Sheriff’s Workplace deputies recovered a bunch of airsoft rifles, pistols and faux ammunition together with knives, swords and different weapons he was exhibiting off to different college students in a video. For his actions, Carlo “Kingston” Dorelli (age 11) is charged with a felony (making a written risk of a mass taking pictures).”
Chitwood revealed the suspect’s mugshot and a photograph of the seized weapons. He additionally posted a video of the suspect being booked on the jail, discovered beneath.
Carlo “Kingston” Dorelli (11) has been charged with a felony for a written risk of a mass taking pictures.
This comes after Sheriff Chitwood got here out with a strong message throughout a Saturday press convention, warning college students and their dad and mom that he would “publicly embarrass” them for such threats. Within the video beneath, Chitwood warns college students and fogeys that he’ll “perp stroll” youngsters, and for folks who knew what their child was doing however didn’t intervene, “Your ass is getting perp walked with ‘em,” he states. Chitwood additionally highlights that 54 threats had been reported to the Fortify Florida app, used to anonymously report suspicious exercise, in sooner or later, making 207 threats this yr as of Saturday.
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Chitwood: That is completely uncontrolled, and it ends now. 54 and counting suggestions got here into Fortify Florida final evening, okay? Which means investigators within the faculty district have been working across the clock to analyze the following tips, that are all turning out to be false.
To this point, it’s price $21,000 to do these investigations. Now we have two in custody. Now we have an investigation taking a look at one different particular person. To this point, this yr, there have been 207 threats which have are available. We’ve arrested seven folks for written threats to kill. One pupil, in case you bear in mind, tried to convey a loaded firearm right into a Mainland soccer recreation. We’ve had 11 weapons on our campuses this yr.
So, what we’re going to begin doing Monday is, since dad and mom, you don’t need to increase your youngsters, I’m going to begin elevating them. Each time we make an arrest, your child’s picture goes to be put on the market. And if I can do it, I’m going to perp stroll your child so that everyone can see what your child’s as much as.
The second level of that is, if I can, anyway, discover out {that a} guardian knew what was occurring and wasn’t doing something, your ass is getting perp walked with ‘em.
The aim of Fortify Florida is to ship in suggestions that we’re going to analyze since you consider one thing goes to occur. To maintain sending in the following tips over and time and again and suppose it’s a giant joke, and nothing’s going to occur to it, beginning Monday, we’re going to have a billboard—we’re gonna have a poster out.
We’re going to point out you each child that’s been arrested and the place they go to high school, after which from there on out, we’re going to publicly disgrace them and their dad and mom. So, dad and mom, do your job. Don’t let Sheriff Chitwood increase your youngsters. That is completely ridiculous. Go speak to the households who’ve misplaced a liked one in a faculty taking pictures. These little knuckleheads suppose it’s humorous? Go speak to these dad and mom and see how humorous that is. It’s not. We’re going to come back and get you, and we’re going to place you out for public embarrassment.
And I do know a set of fogeys proper now that they’re taking a look at $11,000 every as a result of anyone’s paying this invoice.
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On Friday, after two different college students in Volusia County had been arrested for on-line faculty taking pictures threats and charged with making written threats to kill, Chitwood introduced on X, “If you happen to submit a risk to shoot up a faculty, our job is to ID you and observe you down. You may say you’re simply joking, taking part in round, searching for consideration – you’re going to have a felony to point out for it.”
Please learn the thread and take house the message. If you happen to submit a risk to shoot up a faculty, our job is to ID you and observe you down. You may say you’re simply joking, taking part in round, searching for consideration – you’re going to have a felony to point out for it https://t.co/JRKbHYF2ke
— Mike Chitwood (@SheriffChitwood) September 13, 2024
It is a strong prevention tactic, not like within the case of Apalachee Excessive College shooter Colt Grey, who was known to the FBI, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Workplace, and native faculties as early as Might 2023 after nameless tipsters revealed “on-line threats to commit a faculty taking pictures” accompanied by pictures of weapons from a web-based account related to Grey.
Sheriff Chitwood publicized the suspect’s mugshot and the seized weapons in a Fb submit, vowing to “launch the names and images of juveniles who’re committing these felonies, threatening our college students, disrupting our faculties and consuming legislation enforcement assets.”:
As promised. We simply arrested a Creekside Center College pupil who made threats to commit a faculty taking pictures at Creekside or Silver Sands Center College.
He had written a listing of names and targets. He says it was all a joke.
Volusia Sheriff’s Workplace deputies recovered a bunch of airsoft rifles, pistols and faux ammunition together with knives, swords and different weapons he was exhibiting off to different college students in a video. For his actions, Carlo “Kingston” Dorelli (age 11) is charged with a felony (making a written risk of a mass taking pictures).
P.S. I can and can launch the names and images of juveniles who’re committing these felonies, threatening our college students, disrupting our faculties and consuming legislation enforcement assets. You may count on video developing subsequent.
Chitwood posted the next video on Facebook, X, and YouTube:
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