Student Arrested For Bomb Threat At High School

Police arrested a 16-year-old East Greenwich High School student on Wednesday, March 20, for leaving a handwritten bomb threat in a classroom. There was no bomb, according to the police report.

Supt. Victor Mercurio said a student found a note at approximately 1:20 p.m., March 20, stating a bomb would be detonated at the high school before the end of the day. Mercurio said the student immediately turned the note over to the school resource officer and school administration. After a "rapid" investigation – about 10 minutes – the student who wrote the note was identified and he confessed.

"Apparently, the handwriting was quite unique and this led to the swift resolution of the matter," said Mercurio via email Tuesday night.

"The appropriate threat assessment protocol was done in concert with the police, and it was determined that there was absolutely no threat to the building and/or its participants," he said.

The teen was charged in family court with "threatening to place bomb in public building," which is a felony. He has been suspended from school.