JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office announced on Wednesday it has arrested a 14-year-old Bartram Trail High School student following threats the teen allegedly made in an e-mail to conduct a mass school shooting.

Sheriff’s office authorities said they were notified late Wednesday morning of the e-mail, which had been sent to a friend of the suspect.

A parent of the friend intercepted the e-mail and called the sheriff’s office and reported the alleged threat, deputies said.

Deputies with the Youth Resource Unit began an investigation and notified the school system.

According to authorities, the suspect, whose name will not be used because of his age, stated in the e-mail that he was going to top the record of 33 people killed in a school shooting, and went on to state that his goal was 100 victims.

"Once we received that information, our policies and procedure are to call the student in, and any other students, to follow the leads. If we feel that a search is necessary, we surely do that," said Bartram Trail High School Principal Brennan Asplen.

Deputies said the investigation revealed that the teen had made similar threats several weeks before that went unreported.

The suspect is charged with threat to throw, project, place or discharge any destructive device, which is a second-degree felony. He was booked into the county jail and then transported to the St. Johns River Juvenile Detention Facility.

Asplen said authorities did a sweep of the school and lockers and that he wants students and parents to know the campus is safe.