Pierce County teen sentenced to probation, treatment for school shooting threats

A judge says 13-year-old will get credit for time already served and must enter a Utah treatment program as part of probation.

PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. — A 14-year-old Pierce County boy accused of making school-shooting threats and posting violent material online was sentenced on Wednesday to time already served in detention and probation, with a judge ordering him into an out-of-state treatment program.

The judge ordered that the teen have no unsupervised internet access and reminded him that, as a convicted felon, he cannot possess or access firearms. The court said probation would begin immediately as he transitions to treatment.

The teen was sentenced

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