Man, 24, Charged In Bomb Threat Incident At NJ Community College

NEWTON, NJ - A 24-year-old man was arrested in connection with a bomb threat targeting Sussex County Community College Tuesday, authorities said.

Karl V. Taguinod was arrested at his Newton home Wednesday and charged with making terroristic threats and eliciting false public alarm, Newton police said. Taguinod, a former Sussex County Community College student, was processed and lodged in the Morris County Jail.

The college was evacuated Tuesday night and remained closed Wednesday.

The threat was reported to police at around 7 p.m. Tuesday, police said. An investigation into the threat was conducted by the Newton Police Department and the Sussex County Prosecutor’s Office with help from the Sparta Township Police Department, the New Jersey State Police TEAMS Unit and Bomb Squad, the Andover Township Police Department, the Sussex County Sheriff’s Office and the Vernon Township Police Department.

There is no threat to the public, police added.