On Thursday, September 19, 2024, the School Resource Deputy assigned to Central High School was made aware of a student who reported a vague school-related threat. The alleged threat was a Snapchat video saying someone was going to pull a fire alarm and shoot people as they exited the school. The alleged video did not, …
The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office has received reports of a current scam that involves Bitcoin and the extortion of personal information. All of the reports indicate the scammer is using the same general guideline, threats of spyware or malware being on the victim’s phone and monitoring the victim’s apps/browsing history with the threat of releasing …
On Tuesday, September 10th, 2024, The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office School Resource Deputy Unit investigated several separate threats of mass violence on school properties. The first occurred at Hixson Middle School, where the HCSO SRD was informed that a student stated he was going to “shoot the gym up”. During the investigation, statements were gathered …
On September 9th, 2024, at approximately 1:30 P.M., Hamilton County Department of Education Officials received a QuickTip Alert. The alert, which originated from a student at Hunter Middle School, indicated that another student stated they would bomb the school. The HCSO School Resource Deputy assigned to Hunter Middle School was quickly contacted, and the student …
As we’ve been reporting, there have been several threats of mass violence against schools in the Chattanooga area. In the first 21 days of this school year, the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office charged eight students with making threats, compared to seven in the entire 2023-24 school year. Under Tennessee law, threats of mass violence include …
On September 5, 2024, at approximately 6:30 A.M., the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office School Resource Deputy (SRD) assigned to Hunter Middle School was contacted by a school administrator and made aware of possible threats of mass violence made against Hunter Middle School by a student. The student was located and immediately isolated by school administrators …
Problems continued Wednesday in Hamilton County. A school administrator notified the Sheriff’s Office School Resource Deputy assigned to Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences of a group text message between students and a former student involving a threat to CSAS. The student posted several images of schematics for an explosive device and armor-piercing bullets …
Another day, another issue at a Hamilton County School. On Tuesday, September 3, 2024, at approximately 10 A.M., Administrative staff at East Hamilton Middle School received a tip that a student had brought a weapon with them to the campus. The school’s administration searched the student’s locker and found two backpacks. One backpack contained a …
What is going on at Chattanooga area schools? There have been multiple students arrested over the past week. According to the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Department, students at Red Bank High School, Brown Middle School, and Chattanooga Preparatory School were charged with making Mass Violence Threats against the school they attended. A firearm was recovered at …
On Sunday, at approximately 4:37 am, Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a pedestrian struck at 2032 Suck Creek Road. A female motorist reported she was traveling south on Suck Creek Road when she came upon a downed motorcycle in her lane of travel. She swerved to avoid the motorcycle but struck the motorcyclist, …
