Saturday, December 04, 1999
Teen-ager arrested in bomb threat
School to make up lost day
BY WALT SCHAEFER
The Cincinnati Enquirer
MIAMI TOWNSHIP — Tips from students at Live Oaks Career Development Campus in Mount Repose have led police to arrest a 17-year-old boy for phoning in a bomb threat to the school last Tuesday. It resulted in classes being suspended for the day.
The boy, who lives in Clermont County's Union Township, has been charged with inducing panic and is being held in the county's juvenile detention center pending a hearing next week.
Township Police Sgt. Stephen Rogers said the boy told police he made the threat because he has friends who attend the school and wanted to see classes canceled for the day. No bomb was planted.
The youth has admitted only to the threat Tuesday and not to another received by the school Nov. 18 that also resulted in students being sent home for the day.
Sgt. Rogers said the youth, who does not attend school, faces a third-degree felony. “In ducing panic is normally a fourth-degree felony, but since the school had a monetary loss of more than $20,000 it was raised to ... third degree,” the sergeant said.
The school will have to make up the missed day of classes, which will result in an additional day of salaries and transportation costs, he said.
Juvenile court also will consider whether the youth should be bound over to Clermont County Municipal Court for trial as an adult. If that occurs, he could be sentenced to one to five years in prison and fined up to $10,000. If the case remains in juvenile court, the boy could be remanded to a youth detention facility for a term ranging from six months to until his 21st birthday.
Live Oaks has 655 students in grades 11-12 from 10 area districts enrolled in vocational education programs. Police said they had suspects in the case the day of the threat. Sgt. Rogers commended school officials for their cooperation and for deciding to extend the school year by two days.
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