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This back to school season, FBI Pittsburgh reminds the public that making hoax threats is a criminal offense.

Whether spoken, written, posted online or shared on social media, making a hoax threat of violence can result in serious consequences for students. Calling in a fake threat of violence is a state crime as well as a federal crime, according to the FBI.