Lindsay teen arrested after faking school threat to extend holiday break, officials say

TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- A 15-year-old miss has been arrested aft she allegedly faked a schoolhouse shooting to widen her vacation weekend.

The Lindsay Department of Public Safety says it was notified aboriginal Tuesday greeting by the FBI astir a societal media station that mentioned a imaginable schoolhouse shooting.

Officials accidental the post, made from a backstage account, stated, "Best judge ima sprout up the schoolhouse tmr."

Investigators determined a teen girl, who is simply a Lindsay High School student, made the post.

By 5 a.m. Tuesday, Lindsay Police contacted the miss astatine her home.

Police accidental the miss admitted to making the station successful an effort to widen her vacation weekend.

Investigators accidental household members confirmed she did not person entree to firearms.

The teen was arrested and booked into the Tulare County Juvenile Detention Facility connected charges of making transgression threats.

Officials accidental determination is nary further menace to campus. and volition ever instrumentality threats of this quality highly seriously.