Overview
- Port St. Lucie police arrested a 14-year-old Southport Middle School student after a TikTok video claimed the campus would be bombed.
- The video displayed white text stating, "On Monday the 20th Southport Middle is getting bombed by me. Stay home alright."
- Officers began receiving multiple 911 calls from parents on Sunday as the video circulated among students and families.
- Investigators linked the "Benjamin Franklyn" TikTok account to a Comcast-registered IP address and identified an iPhone used to create the account.
- The teen was taken into custody within five hours of notification and charged with electronic threats, and police reported no bomb-making materials were found.