Back-to-School Advice From FBI: Make a Hoax Threat, Pay the Price

'Think before you act': FBI Philadelphia warns students not to make hoax threats

As the new school year approaches, FBI Philadelphia is warning students and the community that hoax threats are serious crimes with long-lasting consequences.

'Serious consequences' FBI reminds students, parents of severity of hoax threats

PENNSYLVANIA (WTAJ) -- As students and parents begin to prep for the upcoming return to school, FBI Philadelphia is reminding the public that making hoax threats is a serious criminal offense. A hoax threat of violence, whether it be spoken, written, posted online or shared on social media, is a criminal act where a student can face serious consequences that can, in turn, have impacts on their future. Even if the threat was meant to be a joke, h…

Back-to-school advice from FBI: Make a hoax threat, pay the price

Philadelphia's FBI says as the new school year starts "serious consequences" for students can arrive by making violent threats whether a joke or not.