FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. — Buddy Taylor Middle School in Flagler County was placed on lockdown Monday morning after receiving another threat  — making it the fifth the school has received in five school days.

Officials with the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office said classes were not in session and that the campus was quickly searched and cleared.

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Monday’s suspicious call follows the arrest of a 13-year-old boy on Friday as the sheriff’s office investigates a series of “swatting calls” since last week.

Deputies arrested the teen who they say allegedly made a “copycat” call Friday morning to BTMS. According to a sheriff’s office release, a front desk attendant at BTMS received a phone call at 10:47 a.m. from a male stating that “the school will be blown up at 11.”

Detectives discovered the call originated in Daytona Beach, where they located the teen who was allegedly in possession of the phone used to make the call.

Officials said the arrested teen does not attend BTMS. However, detectives say he told them that a friend who goes to the school dared him to call in a bomb threat.

“We believe the incident today was a copycat threat,” Sheriff Rick Staly said Friday. “We continue to use all resources at our disposal and continue to work with our local, state, and federal partners as we investigate the other calls. Parents, I ask you to be the sheriff in your home and to your kids.

“Talk to your kids about the seriousness of making these threats. We take every threat seriously and when we come knocking on your door, it is too late and we will arrest your child if they make a threat.”

Investigators say the Sheriff’s Office found no evidence to substantiate a threat each time they responded to a threat against BTMS and other county schools last week. However, officials said they continue to take each threat seriously as they search for the original caller, or callers.

Making a threat to kill or place a bomb is a felony in Florida, punishable by up to five years in prison.

The Sheriff’s Office confirmed last week that at least five other Florida counties had recently received similar swatting calls.

The sheriff’s office is asking anyone with information to: