The teen boy of Rebekah Jones, a previous Florida health department staffer who declared she was asked to doctor COVID-19 information, was jailed today for threatening to soar his school, authorities stated.
The 13-year-old was charged Wednesday with a second-degree felony for supposedly providing the risks online, according to the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office.
Jones made headings in 2020 for declaring she was fired from her state task as an information expert after declining to control COVID-19 numbers for the political advantage of the DeSantis administration.
A state inspector knocked down the assertions in a report last year, concluding that there was “inadequate” or no proof to back them up.
Jones, who unsuccessfully ran for Congress as a Democrat versus Republican Matt Gaetz, is taking legal action against to get her task back in addition to back pay and damages.
She stated Thursday that the probe into her child’s activities started after she submitted her case last month, recommending that it was introduced in retaliation.
According to cops reports, the young boy’s schoolmates at a school in Navarre informed polices that he published threatening messages and threatening memes on social networks apps.
![The 13-year-old child of a questionable Florida whistle-blower was detained today on charges that he made âterroristâ dangers on the web to soar his previous school. The child of Rebekah Jones â who lost her task after utilizing her access to health department information to challenge Gov. Ron DeSantisâ COVID numbers early in the pandemic â was apprehended Wednesday on charges he made âwritten [or] electronic threatsâ of a âmass shooting [or] terrorist act.â The risks supposedly were made throughout a series of discussions on Snapchat and Discord, an immediate messaging social platform, starting around Feb. 1. They were given the attention of police authorities by other teenagers in March.](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/NYPICHPDPICT000009345508.jpg?w=1024 "Teenager kid of Florida COVID 'whistleblower' Rebekah Jones busted for threatening to soar school 2")
Another trainee informed private investigators that the young boy informed him he wished to devote suicide and soar the school at the same time.
“If I get a weapon I’m gon na soar hnms lol,” he composed in one message, according to the Pensacola News Journal.
Jones has given that stated her boy is autistic and was spreading out “memes” that didn’t require his arrest or make up a genuine danger. She likewise declared a few of the messages were sent out from a various account he was not accountable for.
They shared a screenshot of a meme they stated my kid sent out, stating this was a video of him threatening to shoot up a structure.
It’s a video of and lyrics from Lil Darkie: https://t.co/kjfy9ijoCS
— Rebekah Jones (@GeoRebekah) April 7, 2023
The teenager has actually given that been put on house detention with his mom and has a court date next month.
A singing critic of Gov. Ron DeSantis, Jones was charged in 2020 with accessing a state messaging system without permission to publish her claims versus her company.
She ultimately confessed regret in the event and paid $20,000 in a plea offer that settled the matter.