On Wednesday morning, the Dade County Sheriff’s Office received information from Marion County, TN Dispatch that a juvenile who resides in Jasper, TN, had made threats via social media towards Dade Middle School.
Dade County Deputies immediately notified the school system and responded to Dade Middle School as a precaution until the juvenile was located.
Jasper, TN Police Department quickly located the juvenile and notified DCSO that they had the juvenile in custody.
Tennessee Law Enforcement has notified us that they will be charging the juvenile with Tennessee Code Section 39-16-517 (Threat of mass violence on school property or at school-related activity).
The DCSO thanked everyone with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office and Jasper Police for their assistance.
