Originally posted by ArtieS:
Bigdeal, as you note, she was arrested on a felony charge. That does not mean that she will be convicted on a felony charge. The arresting officers had enough, given her statements to hit the primary elements of FL Stat. 836.10, which I will quote below. That doesn't mean that she will be convicted or those offenses, but she hits the highpoints, so the arrest is valid under the statute. Note that she was let go on $5k bond. That probably means that the powers that be regard this as more of an idiot move than a true threat.
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836.10 Written threats to kill, do bodily injury, or conduct a mass shooting or an act of terrorism; punishment; exemption from liability.—
(1) Any person who writes or composes and also sends or procures the sending of any letter, inscribed communication, or electronic communication, whether such letter or communication be signed or anonymous, to any person, containing a threat to kill or to do bodily injury to the person to whom such letter or communication is sent, or a threat to kill or do bodily injury to any member of the family of the person to whom such letter or communication is sent, or any person who makes, posts, or transmits a threat in a writing or other record, including an electronic record, to conduct a mass shooting or an act of terrorism, in any manner that would allow another person to view the threat, commits a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
