Former Hickman County student charged with threatening school violence

A tip from Facebook led Kentucky State Police to charge a former student at Hickman County High School with threatening violence against the school and its staff.

A post on Facebook was flagged for a threat of violence and was forwarded to the KSP's Electronic Crimes Branch. The threat was traced back to a device in Hickman County. Troopers from Post 1 located the device and its owner, 20-year-old Buster Thomas of Clinton. 

Thomas was arrested and charged with terroristic threatening. He was taken to the Ballard County Jail.