Crime & Safety
UPDATED: Teen Facing Felony Charge for Tweeting Terrorist Threat
Bay Shore 19-year-old arrested Wednesday night for alleged tweet sent on Monday.
Patch has learned that the Twitter post dating to November 4 stated a shooting would occur at Smithtown West boys soccer team game against Central Islip in the finals of the Suffolk Class AA championship scheduled to be played 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Dowling College.
It is not known if the game will proceed tonight given the threat issue.
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A Bay Shore teenager is facing a felony charge for making a terrorist threat on the social network Twitter that a shooting would take place at a high school soccer game Wednesday night.
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Mario Cernas, 19, was arrested at his home, at approximately 6 p.m. Wednesday, according to police. He is charged with making a terroristic threat, a Class D felony, and scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip Thursday.
According to police, Third Squad detectives were notified earlier on Wednesday of a Twitter posting made on November 4 that stated a shooting would occur at a soccer game being held at the Dowling College Sports Complex in Shirley on November 7.
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