Sheriff: high school student threatened to blow up cars with C4

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — A student from Olympic Heights High School is in custody after deputies say he made a threat at school that he believed was a joke.

Palm Beach County Sheriff's deputies arrested 18-year-old Jose Calderon after they arrived at his home in Delray Beach Wednesday night.

According to the arrest report, Calderon posted on Snapchat, a social media app, a picture of the student parking.Calderon was suspended from school because of the post.

"I've strapped c4 to every car in the student parking lot if you try to leave early it will detonate," Calderon said in the post.He told deputies that the post was sent to his friends along with other people and that it was a joke, according to the arrest report.

According to deputies, Calderon was at school Tuesday morning and walking to the bathroom when he took the picture of the parking lot.

"I didn't think it was a big deal," Calderon said. "Thought it would be funny."

This is the second arrest made this week related to school threats.

Calderon is charged with a written threat to kill or injure.