SMPD notified of possible violence at local daycare, suspect arrested in Florida

San Marcos police and Hays County Sheriff’s deputies were present at local daycares Wednesday after an online threat was made against a daycare in San Marcos.

The San Marcos Police Department and Hays County Sheriff’s Office said they were both notified by Crime Stoppers about a tip that an unknown person was going to invoke violence at a daycare in San Marcos. The location of the threat, however, was not specific and police in San Marcos, Calif. and San Marco, Fla. were also notified as a precaution.

Police added that the threat was made toward a “daycare in San Marco” on a video game chat feature. SMPD said its digital forensics detective identified a suspect and they were arrested in Jacksonville, Fla.