RFP Staff
♦ Amber Michelle Beaver, 17, a student at East Rowan High School who lives with her parents on Barger Road in East Rowan, was arrested Saturday for allegedly making a false report on Facebook of mass violence at East Rowan High and communicating threats. The teenager posted on her Facebook page a photo of several weapons spread on a table including a shotgun, a revolver, a bolt-action rifle, and a semi-automatic rifle. The photo was labeled: “School finna be lit”.
Several East Rowan teachers and students became alarmed at Beaver’s Facebook posting and contacted the school’s Resource Officer Scott Flowers. Flowers contacted the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office who sent investigators to Beaver’s home on Barger Road. The parents informed the investigators they had not seen their daughter for a week and that she was staying with friends on Henderson Street in Spencer.
When the investigators arrived at the Henderson Street address, they found Beaver and questioned her about the Facebook posting. She allegedly dismissed the posting as a joke and thought it funny.
Beaver was arrested and charged with making a false report concerning mass violence-education (felony) and communicating threats (misdemeanor).
Under a $7,500 secured bond, Beaver remains in the Rowan County Detention Center.
Beaver who previously dropped out of East Rowan High, re-enrolled this school year. In April of this year she was arrested and charged for an alleged simple assault.
