Juvenile Charged In Bomb Scare At Kennett Square High School: Police

KENNETT SQUARE — A 17-year-old Delaware teen has been charged with making terrorist threats in connection with a bomb scare on Nov. 3 at the Kennett High School, police said this week.

Police said the juvenile and his family members were interviewed by police and the juvenile admitted to making a threat.

The case will be handled in Chester County Juvenile Court.

Police said a bomb threat was phone into the school at 9:20 a.m., resulting in students being evacuated to a safe location.

Subsequently, the students were dismissed at noon to go buses parked in a safe area, police said.

According to police:

• No school threats are ever ignored and will always be investigated to the fullest extent.
• Kennett Square police departmebt was assisted by explosive detection K-9 units from the Chester and Montgomery county sheriffs' departments, Philadelphia transit police, and Lower Merion police.
• No explosives were found.

Kennett Square police thanked the administration and staff for the ongoing partnership and collaborative relationships in place to address incidents.