Security Follows Mooresville HS Threat

Mooresville, IN
A bomb threat was discovered at Mooresville High School on Thursday.

The threat was found in a bathroom. It was a picture, drawn in pencil, of a bomb with Friday's date, Sept. 28, indicated.

School officials immediately called police and alerted parents, with a message that reads, in part, “The disruption of our educational day and a threat upon the safety of our students is a very serious matter. We will make every effort to keep our school community informed as more information becomes available.”

The Mooresville Police Department told 24-Hour News 8 bomb sniffing dogs searched several times inside the school overnight Thursday into Friday but turned up nothing.

Police are also reviewing security footage taken from several cameras inside the school.

If a student is responsible, Mooresville's Chief Communications Officer, Susan Haynes, said that student could face expulsion.

Ohio College Safe, Reopened after Bomb Threat

Hiram, OH
Hiram College officials gave the "all clear" and reopened their northeast Ohio school Friday night, after an hours-long sweep found nothing suspicious following a bomb threat.

College spokesman Tom Ford said the campus community was alerted that the school was safe.
"Nothing was found that was suspicious," Ford said.

The college received an emailed bomb threat about 4 p.m. and ordered everyone on campus to evacuate. Ford said state and federal authorities were notified about the email, and safety teams with bomb-sniffing dogs checked the campus "room by room, building by building."

Louisiana High School Student Arrested For Terrorizing

Louisiana
A 17-year-old student at Parkway High School has been arrested after school officials found a posting on Facebook describing violent threats to the high school.
Nolan Asszony, 17, of the 2000 block of Ray Avenue in Bossier City, was arrested Tuesday on a charge of terrorizing after posting a detailed sketch and information of planned acts of violence at the school that would take place at Parkway High School at a later date, a release from the Bossier sheriff’s office says.
Asszony told deputies he made the posting to Facebook around 4 p.m. Tuesday “so people could see how he draws and what he’s into,” the release said. Deputies say the posting went into great detail on how Asszony would carry out his plan of violence.

Police: Easton High School Attack Plot Thwarted

Easton, MD
Authorities have arrested an Easton High School student accused of planning on using explosive devices and firearms to attack the building and students.

The Talbot County Sheriff's Office reports that on Wednesday, April 25, Easton High School officials received information that a current student at the school was planning an attack on the building and students. The information was initially reported to the Easton Police Department. This initial report and information later led to a location in Talbot County, which involved the Sheriff's Office and the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office.  The Sheriff's Office later took primary control of the investigation.

Investigators said that through the course of initial and followup interviews, the student at the center of the threat was interviewed and subsequently arrested on April 25. The student was detained and charged as a juvenile with the crimes of false statement to detonate an explosive device, and manufacture and/or possession of a destructive device.  The Maryland Department of Juvenile Services took custody of the child on the day of the arrest. The student was held in detention pending a formal juvenile detention hearing in the Talbot County Circuit Court.

4 Students Arrested after Ohio School Bomb Threat

Canton, OH
Police in northeast Ohio say four teenagers broke into a school and used a staff member's Facebook page to post an online threat about a bomb and a shooting that prompted officials to cancel classes.

The Repository in Canton (http://bit.ly/IPRTjx ) reports the teens were arrested and are charged with inducing panic and breaking and entering at Central Catholic High School, which was closed Thursday. No explosives were found.

Series of Bomb Threats Leaves Union County College Officials Frustrated

Cranford, NJ
Union County College has had six bomb threats in four weeks — five at the Cranford campus and one in Plainfield. The school has evacuated an unprecedented five times this month, officials say, most recently on Friday afternoon.

The repeated disruptions, which mirror strings of threats at the universities of Pittsburgh, Delaware and Maine in recent weeks, have led to investigations at the college by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. As yet, the callers have not been identified.

Online School Bomb Threats not Credible

Murietta, CA
An Internet post targeting Murrieta Mesa High School was deemed not credible following a police investigation.

Teen Creates Bomb Threat to Teach a Lesson

Ogden, UT

A 16-year-old student was sentenced to six months in a secure juvenile detention facility for plotting to bomb Roy High School.

The teen claimed he purposely leaked the plot to other students out of frustration at being ignored when he attempted to raise concerns about measures to prevent school shootings, The Salt Lake Tribune reports. The school had pulled the plug on the teen’s security article at the student newspaper before he was able to interview the principal of Columbine High School on the subject.

CMSD Continues to Discuss Bomb Threat Strategies

Columbus, MS
The Columbus Municipal School District is concerned with bomb threats, which have plagued the district all year. 

The main goal is to keep the threat from interfering with normal school operations as much as possible. Deputy Superintendent Craig Shannon estimates the district has lost 26 hours of instruction time this year as schools were evacuated seven times due to bomb threats.

This is an ongoing concern for all schools.