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Golden Valley Boy Charged In Instagram Threats Due Back In Court

A Santa Clarita Valley teen accused of making criminal threats against Valencia High School is due back in court next month, officials said.


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The juvenile defendant, whose name has not been released, is a 15-year-old boy who attends Golden Valley High School. He earned national attention for allegedly posting pictures of guns and threats on Instagram, prompting dozens of calls to the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station.

The teen has denied the charge, which is akin to pleading not guilty in adult court.

Related: Golden Valley Teen Pleads Not Guilty To Criminal Threats Charge

“His next court date is Oct. 9,” Greg Risling, spokesman for the District Attorney’s Office. The defendant will likely have another pretrial hearing at that date.

A Santa Clarita Valley teen was charged with one count of criminal threats for his alleged Instagram postings, a District Attorney’s Office spokesman said Tuesday.

From a previous story:

The threats, which posted through the Instagram account “Yaboyplank,” showed pictures of guns and said: “TO THE PEOPLE OF THE SCV AREA. THERE WILL BE A HUGE (expletive) SHOOTING SOON…  ” and went on to say the threat was aimed at high school students.”

A representative of the Detectives Bureau for theSheriff’s Station said the photos appeared to be stock Internet footage and “there is not evidence the suspect has any access to these guns,” accordingto Lt. Brenda Cambra of the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station.

“Detectives immediately responded to the station to begin working this investigation,” Cambra said. “A police report for Criminal Threats was written. At least twenty-five additional calls from residents alerting us to this post were received during the night.”

Deputies assigned to the Santa Clarita Valley Station received a phone call from a woman reporting that threatening posts had been made on Instagram around 10 p.m. Saturday.

The Instagram account used a photo of a Valencia High School in Texas to threaten a shooting in the Santa Clarita Valley in another post.

“Detectives immediately responded to the station to begin working this investigation,” the statement from Cambra read.

The Hart district released a statement to parents Sunday morning saying it “takes threats of this nature very seriously. We are working with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.”


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Golden Valley Boy Charged In Instagram Threats Due Back In Court

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