Towns County school threat leads to additional charges including child molestation

A threat against Towns County Schools led to an investigation that led to additional charges of statutory rape and child molestation.

The Towns County Sheriff’s Office began an investigation into a rumor of a threat against their school system.

Officials suspected 17-year-old Jeremiah Andrew Franklin Lloyd of Murphy, North Carolina and began monitoring his social media accounts.

On Friday, a threat against Towns County Schools was detected and arrests and search warrants were executed.

The investigation led to multiple other alleged crimes involving a 14-year-old teenage girl. 

Lloyd was arrested at a residence on Konahetah Road and charged with:

• Felony Terroristic Threats

• Disrupting Public School

• Felony Sexual Exploitation of Children

• Felony Enticing a Child for Indecent Purposes

• Child Molestation

• Statutory Rape

According to officials, Lloyd reportedly confessed to all charges during an interview and is being held without bond at the Towns County Detention Center.

17-year-old Jeremiah Andrew Franklin Lloyd of Murphy, North Carolina faces multiple charges stemming from a school threat on Friday, Sept. 20, 2024.

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