Fake Bomb Threat At High School Leads To Arrest Of Teen

JEFFERSON COUNTY, AL — An arrest has been made after a bomb threat was called in to Hueytown High School Wednesday. William Edwards, 19, of Birmingham was placed under arrest for making a terrorist threat.

Edwards is not a student at the school.

Sgt. Joni Money of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said after school staff and Jefferson County deputies determined the threat was a hoax, an investigation followed and the source of the call was determined, leading to the arrest.

"Often people make these type threats as some type of joke," Money said. "With the events that have occurred in schools across the nation, we do not take this type matter lightly. Thanks to the technology available today, we have the ability to track down the source of these type threats rather quickly. We take the safety of our citizens seriously, particularly when it comes to our children."

Edwards is in custody at the Jefferson County Jail with bond set at $7,500.