10-year-old Florida kid Daniel Marquez, who was perp-walked for school shooting threat, pleads not guilty

The ten-year-old boy who was perp-walked by a Florida sheriff’s workplace after an alleged college capturing risk pleaded not responsible in courtroom on Monday.

Daniel Marquez — a grade-schooler who was marched from a police station in handcuffs — was accompanied by his father when he entered his plea in Lee County juvenile courtroom.

Marquez drew headlines as a pint-sized suspect after his arrest in Could, which adopted the bloodbath at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas.

Officers stated Marquez allegedly texted a good friend that he had “scammed” somebody out of a big sum of cash and posted a inventory picture of weapons alongside the boast.

The boy later instructed the good friend to “prepare for water day” — a school-sponsored occasion, deputies stated.

His father and legal professionals criticized Lee County Sheriff Lee Marceno for publicizing the bust and claimed the messages have been misinterpreted.

The dad, Dereck Marquez, asserts that the “water day” reference was not related to the previous messages.

The boy’s lawyer, Letitia Kim, reiterated that place at Monday’s look.

“Daniel Marquez is an harmless 10-year-old youngster who has been falsely accused and publicly maligned by the Lee County Sheriff,” she stated, in response to the Tampa Bay Occasions. 

However Marceno has staunchly defended the arrest and its aftermath, arguing that the risk was clear and known as for stiff remedy.

“As sheriff, the protection and safety of our college students and colleges in Lee County has been my high precedence,” he instructed The Publish final month. “We act instantly to analyze any and all threats in opposition to our college students or colleges.”