Officers in Virginia foiled a plot by two pre-teen girls to kill their 11-year-old classmate after a parent discovered a “cryptic” text message exchange, the Prince William County Police Department said. Police arrested the suspects, ages 10 and 11, on May 3, and they were charged with one count of conspiracy to commit a felony. The arrests came after someone contacted staff members at Prince William County School on April 25 and alerted them to the alleged plot, police spokesman Jonathan Perok said. “It was a parent, but not a parent of those involved and the school notified us,” Perok told HuffPost. While police did not disclose the content of the text messages, the department did report that the girls discussed in detail how they planned to kill the student.

Source: Huffington Post May 10, 2018 18:08 UTC