A 14-year-old girl from Lombard and two 12-year-old girls from Addison have been charged with disorderly conduct by transmitting a threat to a school building, a Class 4 felony, after prosecutors say they created a video depicting a school shooting and a hand-drawn map of a junior high school's floor plan. All three were placed on home detention with electronic monitoring at separate hearings, the most recent of which was Wednesday morning.
The charges were announced jointly by DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin and Addison Police Chief Roy Selvik, according to CBS Chicago. Prosecutors said that on August 11, the two 12-year-old Addison girls created and shared a video showing cartoon figures walking through a school, pulling out rifles, shooting students in a hallway, and then taking their own lives, complete with drawn gunshots and screams. The video also contained a handwritten map labeling the school's lunchroom, office, nurse's station, and restroom as the floor plan for Indiana Trail Junior High School, per the outlet's report.
Threats Escalated Over Weeks, Prosecutors Say
Weeks later, on August 29, the older girl from Lombard allegedly transmitted her own threat of violence, death, or bodily harm directed at people at Indiana Trail Junior High School, prosecutors said. According to the same account, she asked about security measures at the school and told others she planned to buy a gun once she turned 15 and carry out a school shooting there in 2030.
The alleged plot came to light after two other students overheard the girls discussing it and reported what they heard to the school resource officer, prosecutors said. That tip triggered an investigation that led directly to the three suspects. The state's attorney's office has also noted that student reporting played a crucial role in flagging a loaded handgun a 14-year-old brought to Glenbard East High School in Lombard in September 2024.
Judge Orders Electronic Monitoring for All Three
DuPage County Juvenile Court Judge Chantelle Porter ordered all three girls placed on home detention with electronic monitoring rather than secure detention, per the juvenile court judge's ruling described by the outlet's report. That approach tracks with how Illinois' Pretrial Fairness Act, which eliminated cash bail statewide in September 2023, directs judges to weigh public-safety risk and apply the least restrictive conditions available, according to Illinois Legal Aid Online. A June 2025 matter involving a 14-year-old charged with gun possession was described by the DuPage County State's Attorney's Office.
A Familiar Charge in DuPage County Schools
Under Illinois statute 720 ILCS 5/26-1, transmitting a threat of violence, death, or bodily harm directed at people at a school or on school property is classified as Class 4 felony disorderly conduct, carrying potential penalties of one to four years in prison for an adult, according to legal analysis published by North Shore School Law. The statute applies whether the threat is sent digitally or spoken aloud, and whether or not school is in session.
DuPage County prosecutors have used the charge against young suspects before. In December 2021, a 12-year-old Addison resident was charged with the same felony for posting a social media threat against Wood Dale Junior High School, one of at least 15 school threats reported across the county that year, according to Cardinal News. And a 17-year-old was arrested or charged in connection with a Glenbard West bomb threat, per the DuPage County State's Attorney's Office.
The article also cited a FOX 32 Chicago report concerning a Willowbrook High School student. Addison School District 4, which includes Indiana Trail Junior High, has already dealt with one major disruption this year: Stone Elementary School was evacuated after a suspected swatting call near Lombard Road, as Hoodline reported at the time.
Chief Selvik is Addison's police chief. It remains unclear whether Addison School District 4 will pursue formal expulsion hearings against the three girls or what counseling requirements, if any, will accompany their home detention.
