Brothers arrested for drafting hit list

Telegraph Staff Writer

STARKE— The Bradford County Sheriff’s Office said it arrested two Hope Christian Academy students after the pair drafted a hit list on a classroom whiteboard.

The students were arrested for making written or electronic threats to kill, do bodily injury, or conduct a mass shooting or an act of terrorism, a second-degree felony.

According to a sheriff’s office social media post, a teacher saw the brothers writing on a whiteboard when she realized the writing was a hit list that named a specific teacher and two students.

The agency added that the students admitted to an administrator that they drafted the list. However, when Detective Michael Garmon questioned the boys about the incident in the presence of their father, they refused to answer questions.

The office said that after booking, the pair was turned over to the Department of Juvenile Justice for further processing.