Texas Teen Wanted For Snapchat Videos Allegedly Threatening To Spread COVID-19
- by Virginia Carter
- in World Media
- — Apr 10, 2020
"We did a little bit of our own investigation, here internally", to take their own precautions he said, but hasn't heard from Public Health about their investigation.
Maradiaga arranged with police to surrender at the Carrollton City Jail late Tuesday morning, a Carrollton Police Department news release said.
"If you want to get the coronavirus and [expletive] die, call me", the teen said. However, they are taking her social media actions very seriously.
Maradiaga then posts a video of herself saying, "I'm here at Walmart about to infect every motherf***er because if I'm going down, all of you are going down with me".
Maradiaga was arraigned and her bond set at $20,000 before she was transferred to the Denton County Jail.
Per NBCDFW, police have said they are receiving tips and if people know where she is to contact 972-466-3333 or CrimeTips@CityofCarrollton.com.
The Carrollton Police Department has identified the woman seen on social media claiming to be COVID-19 positive and willfully spreading it as 18-year-old Lorraine Maradiaga of Carrollton. "I'll meet you up and (cough, cough) and I will shorten your life".
A Texas teen is facing terrorism charges for allegedly threatening to spread COVID-19.
On Sunday, the police issued a statement saying that they do not have the certainty that Maradiaga is a threat as such, but they won't run the risk of her keeping her promise.
In one of her many videos, she appears to be at a COVID-19 drive-thru testing site in which a nurse is seen telling Lorraine she needs to go home as her test results are awaited.
The video later shows her in a vehicle as she coughs into the camera.
