GLYNN COUNTY, Ga. — The Glynn County Police Department has arrested a high schooler for making a series of online threats before taking a rifle inside a local movie theater.
But Channel 2′s sister station, ActionNewsJax, has learned that only one of those two incidents is considered a felony.
On Feb. 21, officers responded to the Glynn Place Cinemas around 4:45 p.m. for a call about a person with a gun. Investigators say witnesses saw a young man carrying a rifle in a case inside the movie theater.
When the teen was asked to leave, he hid the weapon and tried to return to the movie, police said.
Investigators said the weapon, an Anderson Manufacturing AM-15 rifle, was found to have been purchased legally, and carrying the weapon was within the requirements of Georgia code title OCGA 16-11-126.
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The suspect, identified as Jose Rafael Gonzalez Jr., 18, of Brunswick, was taken into custody at the movie theater but was later released without being charged.
GCPD said that over the next 36 hours, additional information surfaced relating to recent online activity by Gonzalez in which he allegedly made threats toward the mall and movie theater staff.
Gonzalez was detained by Glynn County School Police when he arrived at school. After being interviewed by investigators, Gonzalez was placed under arrest and charged with making terroristic threats.
Anyone with information on this case is asked to contact GCPD at (912) 554-7802 or Silent Witness at (912) 264-1333.
ActionNewsJax contributed to this article.
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