http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/oh_portage/sheriff-student-in-portage-county-arrested-for-holding-assault-rifle-in-facebook-profile-picture

 

Looks like the stupidity never ends.

Bad timing on his part. Just a bit sensitive after the school shootings

What a terribly written, inaccurate, close to being completely full of crap article. From what I gathered, what happened was something entirely different from what the article said. I'd say more but wouldn't want to get arrested for it.

 

Shocker..media doesn't give all the details. I hate the media

Do you think the police should not take preemptive action?

 

 

In the most serious incident, Sheriff David Doak said Crestwood School District officials called his office Tuesday morning after learning that a student at the high school in Mantua wrote potentially threatening posts on Facebook and posted an image of himself holding an AR-15 assault rifle.

Sheriff’s deputies, the Portage County Prosecutor’s Office and Mantua police investigated and arrested the student at school on Tuesday. Weapons also were seized, Doak said.

On Feb. 22, the student allegedly wrote on his Facebook page: “I’m close to going on a stabbing spree. I can’t take some of these people anymore.” Then on Monday, along with the photo of him holding the rifle, he allegedly wrote: “Who agrees with their friend that it’s a good idea to shoot up a school?”

i read the article.. and gathered this..

 

student..

picture of gun..

 

jail...

 

could quite possibly be the worst article I ever read..

Do you think the police should not take preemptive action?

 

make specific threats.. sure the police should get involved..

randomly post something that is extremely vague.. then no..

 

I have pictures of my shooting guns..

what if one day at lunch after a stressful morning at work I post saying "omg I have had enough of work today I am about to lose it" do I really mean I am going to go nuts and kill people? unlikely..

if I am like "work is pushing me to the point of a shooting spree.. must stock up on ammo" then yeah maybe they should ask me a couple questions..

Do you think the police should not take preemptive action?

 

 

In the most serious incident, Sheriff David Doak said Crestwood School District officials called his office Tuesday morning after learning that a student at the high school in Mantua wrote potentially threatening posts on Facebook and posted an image of himself holding an AR-15 assault rifle.

Sheriff’s deputies, the Portage County Prosecutor’s Office and Mantua police investigated and arrested the student at school on Tuesday. Weapons also were seized, Doak said.

On Feb. 22, the student allegedly wrote on his Facebook page: “I’m close to going on a stabbing spree. I can’t take some of these people anymore.” Then on Monday, along with the photo of him holding the rifle, he allegedly wrote: “Who agrees with their friend that it’s a good idea to shoot up a school?”

 

If the article had all the details you posted here, my entire outlook and judgment on the situation would be different. My thought was just like vlad's... picture of gun leads to arrest.

Wish they posted the picture.

 

I guess my daughter holding her 22LR rifle thats all black would be bad, let alone a black handgun, not to mention if we go to DR and she gets to hold the Siaga 12..

 

Now make threats, different story, but holding a gun, total BS.

make specific threats.. sure the police should get involved..

randomly post something that is extremely vague.. then no..

 

I have pictures of my shooting guns..

what if one day at lunch after a stressful morning at work I post saying "omg I have had enough of work today I am about to lose it" do I really mean I am going to go nuts and kill people? unlikely..

if I am like "work is pushing me to the point of a shooting spree.. must stock up on ammo" then yeah maybe they should ask me a couple questions..

 

There was a specific threat.

The students at Crestwood were always aholes

 

I grew up in Portage Country...Crestwood was a rival school. This is clearly in response to the Chardon shootings. Chardon is about 20 miles away.

We do not know what the postings say, if they were threatening they did the right thing.. If not shame on them..

We do not know what the postings say, if they were threatening they did the right thing.. If not shame on them..

 

Well we do know what they allege he said, which is...

 

" “I’m close to going on a stabbing spree. I can’t take some of these people anymore.” Then on Monday, along with the photo of him holding the rifle, he allegedly wrote: “Who agrees with their friend that it’s a good idea to shoot up a school?”"

Threats involved with it, I suppose that can add up to some charges. If someone posts a pic on some forum or social media site with them holding a weapon saying they are coming to kill or harm someone, I feel it does cross the line. Its like sending a letter saying the same thing with your photo holding a weapon. IMO, the weapon can be anything, knife, pitchfork, gun, whatever, a threat is still a threat whether it is online, verbal, snailmail, etc

If there were specific threats, the police have to take it seriously.

 

But where are the parents? We have teens in our family. We monitor what they do on Facebook -- what they post, who their friends are, etc. For example, we noticed one dumb kid posting on FB that his parents were going to be away, and he was having a party. So we didn't allow our son to go.

 

Another time our daughter showed us that a classmate of hers talked about killing herself on FB, so we called the police.

 

Parents cannot ignore what their kids are doing. Teens will do stupid things.

Teens will do stupid things.

 

I resembled that remark.

Funny i have a picture of me on FB with a glock 27 bottle of corona and a joint in my mouth

If there were specific threats, the police have to take it seriously.

 

But where are the parents? We have teens in our family. We monitor what they do on Facebook -- what they post, who their friends are, etc. For example, we noticed one dumb kid posting on FB that his parents were going to be away, and he was having a party. So we didn't allow our son to go.

 

Another time our daughter showed us that a classmate of hers talked about killing herself on FB, so we called the police.

 

Parents cannot ignore what their kids are doing. Teens will do stupid things.

 

^This.

After reading the horrendously written article I thought it was ridiculous that he was arrested. After reading the "reader's comments" and seeing what this kid was writing on his wall I think the exact opposite.

 

I can't imagine what my parents would do if I posted something like this on my wall. My girlfriend is a 5th grade special ed teacher. I hear some of the things the kids do and think, "what would my dad do if that was me?" I would be more concerned about my parents punishment then the schools. Kids now have no repercussions when they screw up. The schools are left to handle these situations, when it really shouldn't be any of their business. The school's job is to give the students an education, not perform free behavior adjustments.

 

Somewhat off topic, when I was 17 I got a speeding ticket. After pulling away, the fines and points on my license didn't even cross my mind. What I was afraid of was what my parents were going to do and say. This fear is no longer present, and in my opinion, thats the main issue.

 

"Teens will do stupid things."

Couldn't be more correct.