CINCINNATION, Ohio-Hamilton County prosecutor Melissa Powers is pursuing severe felony charges against six teenagers, ranging in age from 13 to 16, for making school threats. The charges are second-degree felonies, reflecting the seriousness with which the prosecutor’s office is treating these cases. The threats, which occurred at different schools including Oyler, DePaul Cristo Rey, Taft, and Roberts, appear to be unrelated and possibly influenced by social media. Despite a broader wave of school threats in the region following a school shooting in Georgia, Powers confirmed no connections between these incidents and other local threats. The prosecutor aims to deter such behavior by applying the full force of the law.
