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Charges dismissed after Instagram threat at Rock Hill school, documents show

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Charges have been dismissed in a case where a former student at a York County high school was arrested for making a social media threat of violence, documents show.

The student, then at South Pointe High School, was charged as an adult in December 2018 with disorderly conduct offering violence, said Capt. Mark Bollinger of the Rock Hill Police Department.

The misdemeanor charge against Dennis Cox has been dismissed and expunged from his record, records show.

The person had been charged with sending an Instagram social media post that threatened a teacher at South Pointe, according to Bollinger and a police report.

This story was originally published December 13, 2018 at 11:56 AM.

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