Teen Son of Florida COVID Whistleblower Arrested on Accusation of 'Terrorist Threats'

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Teen Son of Florida COVID Whistleblower Arrested on Accusation of 'Terrorist Threats'
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The teen's mom had challenged Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on COVID-19 data in 2020.

"An unredacted version of the warrant, obtained by the Herald, shows the threatening messages were sent by a username that was different than the one Jones' son used to send the memes," the news story said."The document does not say how authorities determined both usernames are linked to the same account. The redacted version circulated by authorities does not reveal that there were two different usernames involved.

According to the Herald, the teenager reportedly made threats on Snapchat and Discord, an app for instant messaging, around Feb. 1. Law enforcement officials claimed that other teens brought officials' attention to the posts in March 2023. Those teens, according to the officials, showed screenshots of memes that Jones' son shared on Snapchat, threatening to shoot up his former middle school.

Snopes was not able to independently verify the claims made by the officials. However, Snopes did reach out to Santa Rosa Sheriff's Office that, according to, released the incident report claiming the 13-year-old made repeated threats to shoot up Holley Navarre Middle School and stab students who angered him. The sheriff's office neither confirmed nor denied that it withheld an un-redacted version of the warrant for Johnson's son.

on April 5, the day of the arrest. "My son has been taken on the gov's orders, and I've had to send my husband and daughter out of state for their safety."

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