A Florida teenager has been arrested for threatening a school shooting in Ft Payne.

19 year old Anthony Kessler of Lehigh Acres is being held in the Lee County Florida Jail on a charge of Making a Threat Against a School.  Kessler was taken into custody at a restaurant on Palm Beach Boulevard in Ft Myers.  His arrest was announced by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office and the FBI.

Ft Payne Police Chief Randy Bynum said Kessler made the threat on March 5th claiming the act of violence would take place the following day. Lehigh Acres is more than 700 miles away from Ft Payne.  Police have yet to release any information regarding a possible motive for the threat.

In a news release issued Wednesday afternoon Bynum said: This arrest would not have been possible without the Ft Payne Police Department Detectives, Gadsden FBI Special Agent Frank Langdon and Supervisory Resident Agent in Charge of the FBI Gadsden office Stan Ruffin. The cooperation that Gadsden FBI gave us in bringing Mr. Kessler to justice cannot be measured. This is an example of cooperation between agencies going above and beyond for the safety of Fort Payne school students.

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