FLAGLER COUNTY, FL — A high school student in Florida is in big trouble after he apparently recorded a song threatening to kill a school employee.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, a School Resource Deputy was working at Matanzas High School when he was told about a song circulating on social media making threats towards an administrator at the school.<\/p>\n
Deputies say the song was recorded by 18-year-old Matanzas High student Joseph Washington in “retaliation for being suspended for using offensive language while on campus.”<\/p>\n
In the song Washington threatens the faculty member and said he was suspended from school for a dress code violation. On the song he can be heard saying that he will \u201cgladly do it again.\u201d<\/p>\n
Deputies located Washington and he admitted that he wrote and recorded the song.<\/p>\n
He told investigators that he \u201che knew the consequences of his actions could be that he was arrested and charged with a criminal offense\u201d but he also said that he did not intend to carry out any of the threats and that it was all just a \u201cfantasy.\u201d Following the interview, Washington was arrested.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo anyone that still thinks saying \u2018I was just kidding around or it\u2019s a fantasy\u2019 is going to get them out of being arrested when they threaten someone\u2019s life \u2013 let this be a wake-up call,\u201d Sheriff Rick Staly said. \u201cWe have a zero tolerance policy and we do not take threats like these lightly, especially when it comes to our schools. If you make threatening statements online, in writing and or even if veiled in songs, you will be arrested.\u201d<\/p>\n
Joseph Washington was a transported to the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility. He is charged with Sending Written Threats to Kill. He was released by the judge pending trial.<\/p>\n