(KAIR)--Alleged threats send a Jefferson County student to jail.

WIBW-TV reports the Perry-Lecompton High School student was taken into custody in connection with alleged social media threats aimed at other students.

Citing Jefferson County Undersheriff Robert Chartier, the TV station reports students at the school showed the threatening messages to the school resource officer Friday afternoon.

The suspect was questioned later in the day.

The student, whose name is not made public, was taken to the Douglas County Juvenile Detention Center and is expected to face a Douglas County Judge Tuesday.