McComb High School freshman arrested after bomb threat
MCCOMB, Miss. (AP) – Authorities say a McComb High School freshman is being held in a juvenile detention center after a prank bomb threat on Wednesday – the fifth day of the school year – resulted in his arrest.
McComb School District safety officer Greg Gilmore tells the Enterprise-Journal a 14-year-old boy allegedly called in a bomb threat to 911 from the high school about 9 a.m.
Gilmore says officers identified the caller and arrested him by 10:50 a.m.
Detective Deska Varnado said the student is charged with false reporting of a bomb or explosive device of mass destruction and disturbance of a school session.
The youth was being held at the Adams County Juvenile Detention Center in Natchez has a court appearance set for Monday.
