Crime & Safety

Mount Carmel High Student Accused of Making a Bomb Threat Arrested

The teen allegedly had made the menacing statement earlier in the week via a written message on a boy's restroom stall door.

A Mount Carmel High student was arrested at the Rancho Penasquitos campus Friday on suspicion of making a bomb threat against his school.

San Diego police took the 15-year-old into custody about 10 a.m., SDPD public-affairs Lt. Kevin Mayer said. The youth, whose name was withheld, was expected to be booked into juvenile hall on suspicion of making a criminal threat, the lieutenant said.

The teen allegedly had made the menacing statement earlier in the week via a written message on a boy's restroom stall door, claiming that an explosion would occur during fifth-period classes Friday afternoon.

Though police found no evidence that the threat was valid, officers were sent to the school Friday morning to monitor the day's activities as a precaution, Mayer said.

-City News Service


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