CHARLOTTE COUNTY - A Charlotte County Sheriff's School Resource Officer arrested a Deep Creek man Monday afternoon who threatened to blow up Deep Creek Elementary School.
The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office received a call at 12:28pm that a disgruntled parent, 28-year-old Jason Beach, went to the school and made a threat to blow up the school when students were off campus. He was at the school to remove his child for a Health Department appointment at the request of the Department of Children and Families regarding the burn mark on his child's arm.
The report said Beach made the threat after he learned a school staff member notified DCF regarding a burn mark on the child's arm. School employees are required to report such injuries to students.
The school principal said she had legitimate concern regarding Beach's threat as she knew him to be a hostile and aggressive parent from previous encounters and he would carry out the threat. Beach was previously trespassed from Peace River Elementary School in Port Charlotte for being aggressive and hostile to staff there.
The SRO and two other deputies went to Beach's home and talked to him about the threat, which he said was done jokingly. Due to the witness statement, there was probable cause to charge Beach with Threat to Discharge a Destructive Device.
He was transported to the Charlotte County Jail with no bond set, pending first appearance Wednesday. DCF and the CCSO continue their investigation into the report of injuries to the child.
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