LaBelle High School Student Arrested

TEEN ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF FALSE REPORT OF USE OF FIREARM

LABELLE, FL. -- On Thursday, August 14, 2025, Hendry County Deputies arrested 14-year-old LaBelle High School student on charges of False Report Concerning the Use of a Firearm in a Violent Manner.

Hendry County School Resource Officers were notified by Glades County regarding the report of a series of threatening text messages between a middle school student and LHS high school student.

What started as a conversation between the two students took a sudden turn leaving the middle schooler in fear that her friend would become the victim of a shooting. The texts between both students referred to a conversation that was overheard about the arrested teen and the Glades student’s friend, ending with threats of someone being shot.

Upon receiving the information from Glades County School Resource Officers, Hendry County Sheriff’s Office Resource Officers notified LaBelle High School staff and located the student on school campus and removed him from his classroom and escorted him to the SRO office. After a search of the students belonging there were no weapons located on either his person or in his belongings.

LaBelle High School Resource Officers and LaBelle High School Administration met with the mother and suspect student. The student believed that the comments he made were to just scare both the Glades County middle school student and friend.

The 14-year-old male was taken into custody and arrested on charges of False Report Concerning the Use of a Firearm in a Violent Manner. He was transported to the care of the Department of Juvenile Justice.