GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — Another teen was convicted in juvenile court Thursday for a social media threat against Preble High School.
State law prohibits the media from identifying those being prosecuted in juvenile court.
During the course of a one-week span in December, there were three separate social media threats against Preble High. Four students were charged and now have all been found delinquent — the juvenile version of guilty — in the cases.
In Thursday’s case, a 15-year-old boy pleaded no contest to disorderly conduct and a juvenile version of bail jumping for removing his electronic monitoring bracelet and missing a court hearing. A disposition hearing — the equivalent of sentencing in juvenile court — is scheduled for May 4.
After he missed court, the teen was arrested and spent the last three weeks in the juvenile jail. Judge Tammy Jo Hock allowed him to live at home, again with an electronic monitoring bracelet, but noted any violations before sentencing would not be viewed favorably.
Three others were already sentenced.
A 16-year-old boy responsible for one threat was placed on county supervision until he turns 17 late in the year. In Wisconsin, 17-year-olds are under the jurisdiction of adult courts. He must perform 76 hours of community service, and not use social media while on supervision. He was barred from social media and must write a paper on the impact of actual school shootings.
Two teenage girls responsible for another of the Preble threats received a similar sentence, albeit with 100 hours of community service because their supervision time is a full year.
The week after the threats at Preble, a student brought a gun to East High. Two students were found delinquent in those cases.
A 15-year-old boy who provided the gun — and also was found delinquent for a series of other incidents — was placed on two years of supervision in an out-of-home setting. Specifically, he was placed at Rawhide Youth Services near New London. He must also perform 100 hours of community service.
The 16-year-old girl who brought the gun to East was placed on supervision for a year, and must perform 100 hours of community service.
The combination of the threats led the school district to place all middle and high schools into online learning for several days in December. No one was injured in any of the events.
Earlier this month, one student was arrested after making an online threat against West High. That teen returns to court early next month.
