MARION COUNTY, Fla. -- For the first time in Marion County, a kindergartener was investigated by sheriff's deputies for allegedly claiming he put a bomb in a classmate's backpack.

Authorities said a 6-year-old was suspended from East Marion Elementary School over the alleged threat.

The boy's age was taken into consideration when the school handed out the punishment, the Local 6 report said.


"We have to do that these days," Marion County Schools administrator Kevn Christian said. "We don't have a choice of whether somebody really means something or not. We have to take it seriously. And if we didn't do that, this week it is a kindergartner, next week it is a fourth grader and the following week it is a high school student and God forbid one of them does was they actually say they would do."

The Marion County Sheriff's Office said they took the threat seriously.

"Every indication we got was there was no bomb," Marion County sheriff's Sgt. Charles Welch said. "But, once we were made aware of these situations, we have to take it seriously."

Parents told Local 6's Erik von Ancken that they were surprised over the alleged threat.

"He is just saying it to get attention, most likely," parent Kara Campbell said. "But there has to be some type of consequences."

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A six year old does this? He really didn't want to go to school! Actually, it makes me wonder what was going on in his life that he decided to do something so drastic.

Wow, they're learning early these days. My first fake bomb threat exprience didn't come until my Year 10 exams - and it was my friend that called up (annoyed me because I'd studied by butt off for weeks, while he'd been too lazy to ).

Thats heavy stuff...hopefully now he'll know that saying something like that is serious business.

6 yr. old watches too many Bruce Willis movies...

Wow. Makes you wonder what the parents let him watch at home.

This seems to show the ability of parents now days. "Oh, hes just bieng creative when he says he going to blow someone up. He gets it from all the Mature games i let him play. i know hes only 7 but hey, he can handle it." or parents just dont care anymore/dont give a hoot as to what thier kids are doing. I've seen this a couple time actually, the first one was in the boy-scout(HAHA laugh you head off!) that i am part of. he was about 10 i think, A.D.H.D, no one liked him and he always made threats of killing people. he was at a weeklong camp with us when he claimed that he took pictures of his grandparents doing...well... you get the idea....
He was kicked out up the camp and his mom came to pick him up, he was told not to come back. the next morning at about 7ish his mom showed up at the camp, she dropped him off claiming that she didnt want to deal with him right now. leaders asked her to stop so they could talk to her. she simply got back in the car and left. Now theres a mother that doesnt give a D**M about what her kid does.

I can't believe a mother would act like that! Instead of taking responsibility for her son and his actions,w hich I think are a cry for her attention, she abandons him. No wonder he is acting the way he is! What a cow!

I've been watching horror movies since I was 4 years old & I never made a threat in class. I was the freak in the classroom & I never got in trouble.


Although, there was that time in 3rd grade when I kind of snapped & was sent to the principal's office. I moved shortly afterwards.

Kids say stupid things... kids also dont really grasp how things they say may have consequences... little boys also play war. I used to tell my brother I put a grenade down his pants after I dropped a lego "grenade" down his pjs... lets all freak out

Its one thing when you are playing at home under your parents' watchful eyes. Its another when at or on the way to school a child makes a threat like this. The school admin has to br responsible for ALL the children not just one little welp wanting attention.

They should have called in the SWAT team. It would have made it seem more surreal to the kid.

This is pretty normal to me. You americans are too paranoid!

SEND HIM TO GUANTONAMO!


Yes I'm pretty sure I speeled that wrong.

You could just say "GITMO".

Whats does that place sound/smell like Guano.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guantanamo_Bay_detention_camp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guano

the next terrorist leader might be from America.

dont know i mean teddies are causing alot of trouble recently

I don't know many six-year olds that even know what a bomb is.

I'm sure there are many 6 yr olds out there that know what a bomb and bombing are. If they don't CNN will educate them for sure.

I've gotta agree with you there. Unfortunately, nowadays kids know more than they probably should about war and weapons. Coupled with a child that young not fully understanding what it means to say something like that, the repercussions involved and such, you have a recipe for something like this. I should be surprised, but I'm really not.

I'm not surprised either.