An Elk River juvenile was taken into custody Thursday night after allegedly posting social media threats of violence toward Lakeville South High School and McGuire Middle School in Lakeville, authorities said.

After multiple reports of the threats on an internal school reporting system, police and school officials began investigating and quickly came up with a suspect, according to a joint press release from the Lakeville Area Schools and the Lakeville Police Department.

The youth was taken into custody at his Elk River home shortly before 9 p.m. and booked into the Dakota County Juvenile Services Center, where he was being held on suspicion of threats of violence.

“The longstanding partnership that’s in place between our agency and Lakeville Area Schools allowed for a swift and diligen

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