Cobb County police arrest Ladaisha Gibbons after Sprayberry High School hoax threat

Cobb County officials say they have arrested and charged the person who sent text messages to Cobb County 911 claiming a shooter was inside Sprayberry High School.

17-year-old Ladaisha Gibbons of Marietta, Georgia was placed under arrest charging her with making a false report of a crime, disruption of a public school and unlawful conduct during a 911 call.

The text message was sent to the 911 center on Monday afteoon using their new text-to-911 system that’s only a few months old. Officers say the message claimed there were shots fired at the school.

Parents Jamila Dennery said she received a cryptic text from her son and ran straight to the school.

”(He said) that they were on code yellow, that he was fine and the lights were off in the classroom, Dennery told reporters.

Police surround Cobb's Sprayberry High after text to 911 claims shooter inside. Police find nothing.

Ladaisha Gibbons

Police responded to the 911 text within minutes and swept the school but didn’t find anything at the school.

Officers say it’s not the first time the system has been abused.  In most cases, like this one, police were able to track down the offender.

”They need to be punished. They need to go to jail and spend some time, parent DeShah Fields said.

Fields is furious because the situation ruined the school day at Sprayberry and put parents into panic mode when their kids started texting.

”We panicked immediately. My sister-in-law has panic attacks and we had to stop immediately and say prayers because if we didn't she would have probably crashed, Fields said.

Officers later found Gibbons, the alleged texter, off campus.

The scare kept dozens of officers kept off their beats.

”It’s manpower intensive and backs up the calls for the police department, Cobb County school police Chief Ron Storey said.