{"id":177087,"date":"2026-03-04T00:43:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T00:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/177087\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T00:43:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T00:43:11","slug":"hoax-threat-at-orlando-high-school-leads-to-felony-charges-for-14-year-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/177087\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoax threat at Orlando high school leads to felony charges for 14-year-old"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On Tuesday, authorities arrested a 14-year-old after he allegedly made a false report about an active shooter at University High School in Orlando.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officials from the Orange County Sheriff\u2019s Office noted that the large presence at the school meant fewer officers were available for other emergencies. \u201cThat call elicited a massive law enforcement response \u2013 and those deputies could not be in their areas addressing real crime,\u201d the sheriff\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The sheriff\u2019s office described the incident as an attempt at a joke that had serious consequences for the community. \u201cAll because someone thought it would be hilarious to call 911 and make up a story that is every parent and student\u2019s nightmare,\u201d the agency stated.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Authorities highlighted that hoax threats are legally regarded as a crime. In this particular case, the sheriff\u2019s office verified that the incident is classified as a felony.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/mobile-apps\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Click here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Click here<\/a> to download our free news, weather and smart TV apps. And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:click here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">click here<\/a> to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"ct:story;elm:img;itc:0;\" class=\"stretched-box\" href=\"https:\/\/wftvapps.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"537\" height=\"108\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/beda08358d6db9816e7b0d066edd22cf.jpeg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Tuesday, authorities arrested a 14-year-old after he allegedly made a false report about an active shooter at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":177088,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[23338,83076,139,141,140,83115],"class_list":{"0":"post-177087","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando","8":"tag-active-shooter","9":"tag-false-report","10":"tag-orlando","11":"tag-orlando-headlines","12":"tag-orlando-news","13":"tag-university-high-school"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}