2 More Charged In Central Bucks South Bomb Threat: Police

DOYLESTOWN, PA — Three people have now been charged in bomb threats to Central Bucks High School South that led to lockdowns and early dismissals in November, police said Monday.

The Warrington Township Police Department announced that two more people had been charged in connection to the threats of Nov. 16.

Directly following the bomb threats, which police say were submitted through the Safe 2 Say program, a young man was arrested.

Police did not specify charges or say whether the other people charged were also juveniles, only that authorities at this point "do not believe there is anyone else involved in the planning or carrying out of the threats."

Police have not released the identities of any of the people charged in the bomb threats.

"We would like to thank Central Bucks South High School, Central Bucks School District, Bucks County Detectives, FBI, our community, and the parents and students of Central Bucks South High School for their patience, assistance, and cooperation during this investigation," the Warrington Township Police Department said in a news release.

While no bombs were found and no one was hurt, Nov. 16 was a frightening day in the community.

Police said they had received multiple calls related to suspected threats at the high school by 9:49 a.m. that morning. Officers and a K-9 unit conducted a dangerous device sweep during a high school lockdown, after which students were dismissed under police supervision.

Students at Mill Creek Elementary School sheltered in place, while afternoon kindergarten was canceled. All after-school and evening activities scheduled to take place at Central Bucks South in the evening were canceled.

“It was an emotional day for all of us, especially for the students and staff,” Warrington Township Police Chief Daniel Friel said at the time.

The first person charged in the threats was in police custody by the next morning.

This bomb threat was followed in December by national fears over a Tik Tok "challenge" that allegedly encouraged violence in schools, but police and the school district at the time said there were no credible threats to Central Bucks specifically.

Superintendent Abram Lucabaugh released a statement to families, staff, and faculty after the November incident.

"We are at a critical intersection as a community and a district," he wrote. "If we are to preserve this proud community of ours, it will require our collective thinking, our wisdom and our shared willingness to restore us. It will require us to quell the vitriol, the judgment and the incivility. It will require us to look within and rediscover that the strength of this community is still, and will forever be found in, its people."

Lucabaugh added, "Sometimes it takes a traumatic event, or the hint of one, to give us pause and remember what really matters in this world. May we not lose sight of that in the midst of everything thrust upon us."

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