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A Pleasantville (Atlantic County) man who said that gang members were coming to "shoot up" Pinelands Regional High School in a Snapchat post has been arrested and charged with making Terroristic Threats.

Social media platforms are a resource for information, a way to communicate digitally with family and friends and a place to share with others what's going on in your life. It becomes a place of annoyance or fear when people misuse it to harm others.

Toms River Police release the identity of the suspect connected to the afternoon lockdown of Toms River High School East. 18-year-old township resident Frank Smentkowski, a Jackson Votech student, has been charged with Creating a False Public Alarm for posting a photograph of a weapon to a student on social media with the caption alluding to the school being "Shot up". ...

An Internet-based threat that sent Toms River High School East into lockdown this afternoon is under sharp scrutiny by township police.