Who: 
Pinellas County Sheriff's Office
Patrol Operations Bureau
-School Resource Officer Unit

Isaac Meyers (Arrested)
(booked into PCJ under Isaac Myers)
DOB: 09/03/2000
Address: 1808 Northwood Drive, Clearwater
School: Dixie Hollins High School, 4940 62^nd Street North, Kenneth City
Charge: Threatening Communications or Threats of Mass Shooting

What:
Deputies have arrested and charged a student at Dixie Hollins High School for Threatening Communications or Threats of Mass Shooting.  

When:
Deputies were notified and responded to the residence of the student at approximately 9:55 p.m., on Tuesday, February 19, 2019, to conduct the investigation.

The suspect was arrested at approximately 11:24 p.m. on Tuesday, February 19, 2019.

Where:
The suspect was arrested at his residence located at 1808 Northwood Drive in Clearwater.

Why/How:
According to deputies, an administrator at Dixie Hollins High School was notified of verbal threats made by 18-year-old Isaac Meyers at approximately 8:30 p.m., on Tuesday, February 19, 2019. It was relayed that Meyers made a statement about “shooting up the school,” if he did not win one of the senior superlative awards. It was also communicated that due to Meyers not winning one of the senior superlative awards, he stated, “don’t come to school tomorrow,” indicating Wednesday, February 20, 2019.

Deputies were notified of the threat and responded to Meyers’ residence at approximately 9:55 p.m. on February 19, 2019, to conduct the threat assessment investigation.

Deputies advise that during their investigation, Meyers admitted to making the statements to a friend, but in a joking manner. Meyers stated he made the statements verbally and also sent text messages to his friend on the Facebook Messenger application. Meyers stated he did not have any access to guns, would never do such an act, and never intended on hurting anyone. Deputies confirmed with Meyers’ parents that there were no guns in the home.

Meyers allowed the deputies to look at the texts on Facebook Messenger dated February 11, 2019, in which Meyers stated, “I hate everything and im gonna shoot up our school… Everything is wrong…And i wanna hurt someone for it…So im finna shoot up the school… Nothing I just hate everything and want everyone to know it.”

Deputies arrested Meyers and charged him with Threatening Communications or Threats of Mass Shooting. Meyers was transported to the Pinellas County Jail without Incident.

As always, we encourage the public to report any suspicious activity to law enforcement immediately and we will diligently investigate all reported information.

The investigation continues. 

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