Friday, January 9, 2004

FCHS junior arrested for writing anonymous threats on the wall

By JOHN MUNFORD
jmunford@TheCitizenNews.com

A 16-year-old Fayette County High School student has been arrested for making several anonymous threats written on a bathroom wall at the school on three separate occasions dating back to late October, police said.

The student, whose name was not released, was charged Wednesday with making terroristic threats and criminal interference with government property.

The first message indicated “the school would be blown up, administrators and staff would be hurt,” and the school resource officer would die, police said. That message appeared Oct. 27 and was followed by another message Nov. 1 and a third similar message Nov. 13, according to police.

The student, a junior at FCHS, was identified through surveillance video tape and handwriting samples, police said. The arrest was the culmination of a three-month investigation by the Fayetteville Police Department.

The suspect is being held at a Regional Youth Detention Facility awaiting a hearing scheduled for later this month, police said.


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