Kenosha Schools Ask Students to Stop Spreading False Clown Threats

The teen – whose identity was not released, but attends Bunker Hill Middle School – made threats that started out “broadly based”, Washington Township Police Department Lt. Dennis Sims said Monday evening. Calls concerning creepy clowns- confirmed or not- ties up resources, leaving less for actual emergencies. Hopefully other students and if they are adults, they won’t try to do it again.

Monday morning, Spring ISD was the latest district to issue a security statement due to new clown threat hoaxes made online.

Covert Township Police say that a 15-year-old from the South Haven area allegedly posed as a clown and made the threats in a Facebook chat group. Students who promote or participate in these types of activities will face serious school consequences.

Hoax or not, Austin ISD Police Chief Eric Mendez said they are taking the threat seriously.

Another, through the account philly_clown.215, threatened a Northeast neighborhood.

The District Attorney’s Office is now reviewing the case. The juvenile prosecutor will look into what if any charges the trio will face. “Other than that, school goes on as normal”. Three children at an apartment complex told police the clowns tried to attract them with money in Greenville County.

This Instagram post may have sparked fears in Oswego that a “creepy clown” was on the way.

Last month, law enforcement in western Pennsylvania arrested a man accused of prowling around his neighbor’s property dressed as a clown and wielding an Airsoft pistol. “School will be held as usual tomorrow, but as a precaution we will have an increased security presence around our campuses”. Police now say they believe a 13-year-old girl was behind some of the posts, which she says were a prank.