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Oxford Police were working Friday to get a court order for
the arrest of an Oxford High School student for what police say was an
anonymous threat she made through a social media application.
Oxford police Chief Bill Partridge said he was working to
obtain a court order for the 17-year-old girl’s arrest.
That threat, made Nov. 21, specified no particular school,
but stated that there would be a “slaying Monday at lunch.”
The post was made on Yik Yak, a smartphone and tablet computer
app that allows users to anonymously post to a virtual message board of sorts.
Posts to the app are typically read by those within a mile
and a half of the poster, though the app’s developers have attempted to prevent
its use on middle and high school campuses. Partridge said at the time that the
post was made within about two miles of Oxford High.
Partridge declined to say how investigators were able to
identify the girl, but on Yik Yak’s website the company writes that it
cooperates with law enforcement “if there’s a post that poses a threat to
people.”
Making terroristic threats is a felony under state law,
punishable by between one and 10 years in prison. Partridge said that the girl
would be charged as a juvenile, however, which would mean she could face a
lesser sentence if convicted.
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