16-year-old boy, 12-year-old girl charged in connection with Wayne County school threats

WAYNE COUNTY, Mich. – Two students, a 16-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl, have been charged in connection with threats directed at Wayne County schools.

Prosecutors said a 16-year-old boy from Redford Union High School has been charged with intentional threat to commit an act of violence against a school, school employees or students for a Thursday (Dec. 16) threat.

A 12-year-old girl from Cornerstone Jefferson-Douglass Academy in Detroit has been charged with disturbance in school for an incident on Tuesday, according to authorities.

Preliminary examinations for both students were scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Juvenile Detention Center, officials said.

More school threat charges:

• Officials update school threat cases for 11 students (ages 9-17) around Metro Detroit
• 3 more students charged for school threats in Detroit, Taylor, New Boston, prosecutor says
• 3 more students charged for threats directed at Detroit high schools
• Wayne County officials charge 4 more students (ages 11-16) for school threats
• Prosecutor charges 6 more students for school threats across Wayne County
• 15-year-old boy charged for threat directed at Detroit Lions Academy, prosecutor says