A teen is in jail as a result of a comment he posted on Facebook.(Photo: AP)Story HighlightsTexas teen faces up to eight years in prison after Facebook commentJustin Carter, now 19, is charged with making terroristic threatsHe’s been behind bars since March 27, unable to make his $500,000 bail
A Texas teen faces up to eight years in prison after making a comment on Facebook about shooting up a kindergarten.
Justin Carter, 19, says it was all a joke. According to the indictment, Carter allegedly threatened in the Facebook post “to shoot up a kindergarten, watch the blood rain down and eat the beating heart out of one of them.”
Deputies in Comal County, Texas, didn’t take it as a joke and charged Carter with making “terroristic threats” a third-degree felony the San Antonio Express-News reported. He has been jailed since March 27, unable to make his $500,000 bail.
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