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Google Search Results - Oct. 22, 2005
THREAT + SCHOOL

Watertown, SD
Boy arrested after bomb threat
Police say a 15-year-old boy faces charges of making terrorist threats after a bomb threat forced Watertown authorities to check all 16 schools in the city on Friday.

Bellingham, WA
'Hit list' found at Blaine High School
A "hit list" threatening the lives of 13 boys and the Blaine High School principal caused many students to avoid school Friday.
A Blaine High School student found a note in the school hallway Wednesday afternoon with the words "hit list" written across the top, said Blaine Police Chief Mike Haslip.

Bellefonte, PA
Students face charges in Bellefonte bomb scares
Police say they will charge two students for allegedly making bomb threats at Bellefonte's middle school and high school this week.
A 17-year-old student at Bellefonte Area High School is thought to have called in the threat about 2:20 p.m. Monday, according to Bellefonte police Cpl. Daniel Holliday. Students were evacuated to the stadium, where they were dismissed at the regular time. The next day, a threatening note found about 1:45 p.m. in the sixth-grade hallway at Bellefonte Area Middle School cleared that school. An 11-year-old boy is thought to be responsible for that threat, Holliday said.

Bessemer, PA
Parents warned of poem threat at Mohawk High
Mohawk High School students came home Friday with a letter informing parents that Pennsylvania State Police were notified about a poem found Friday afternoon on the wall of a boys' restroom stall.
The poem said: "Need Time To Think, Need Time to Think, Need to Spill Blood So I can Drink."

Sarasota, FL
Boy arrested for making threat
(9 year old child)
An Emma Booker Elementary School student was arrested Thursday for drawing threatening pictures of his teacher, a police report stated.
According to a Sarasota County Sheriff's Office report, the boy allegedly drew a picture of his teacher being cut with a chain saw.

Pennsylvania
Latest bomb threat at SA another hoax
A third bomb threat at South Allegheny High/Middle School in less than three weeks turned out to be a hoax.
Liberty Police Officer Ray Johnson said he received a call Wednesday at 2:07 p.m. about a written bomb threat on an inside wall of the school.

SUSPICIOUS DEVICE

Boston, MA
Police Investigate Suspicious Device in Pumpkin
(On the Boston Commons during Pumpkin Festival - Pumpkin was detonated - authorities believe it was just a hoax at this time - LR)
Authorities responded to a report of a suspicious item at the park at about 2 p.m., where according to witnesses, a suspect was in the area where pumpkins were displayed and removed the top of one of the pumpkins and filled in with items including multi-colored wires, placed the pumpkin back on the ground and fled the scene, police said.

BOMB THREATS
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Pocatello, ID
Bus Bomb Update
Anti-terrorist task forces in Idaho and Utah are tracking down leads in a bomb threat that stranded a passenger bus near Malad for several hours.
(...)Federal officials are not saying whether the bomb threat was a hoax, or part of a more elaborate terrorist operation.

Police say bus bomb threat was a hoax HAZELTON, Idaho Idaho State Police say a bomb threat that prompted authorities to stop two buses in southern Idaho was a hoax.
Police say investigators did not find any bombs on the buses, which were headed for destinations in California via Salt Lake City.
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Man held for psych exam after bomb threat in D.C.
WASHINGTON -- A young man was taken for a psychiatric examination Friday after telling police there was a bomb in his car in front of the Capitol. Police exploded a package inside the vehicle as a precaution.

Pennsville Twp., New Jersey
Pennsville bomb probe continues
Police are continuing their investigation into the bomb scare that caused the evacuation of Pennsville Memorial High School Wednesday.
Police have said that the department has a no tolerance policy and will prosecute those involved in the incident.

Berrien Co., MI
Teen accused of calling in bomb threat
(Berrien County, October 21, 2005, 9:20 p.m.) A 16-year-old boy is in police custody, accused of calling in a bomb threat that forced lockdowns Thursday at some West Michigan schools.
Investigators tell 24 Hour News 8 that the suspect is a student at Coloma High School.

Marshall Co., TX
Police Arrest Two in Marshall County
Following a fierce investigation, two suspects have been arrested in connection to a bomb scare in Marshall County.
After the Kingston police found two homemade bombs within blocks of each other yesterday, authorities say a total of 28 bombs were recovered.

Sorry about the small text, I must've missed closing an HTML tag. I hope this doesn't mess up the thread... If need be the above post can be deleted and I can re-post with proper formatting. Many apologies!

Thanks Liberty Rocks.

Thank you for the school reports.

You do a good job of gathering the important facts.

Additional link to monitor the updates on the Idaho situation:

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8&ncl=http://www.kpvi.com/index.cfm%3Fpage%3Dnbcheadlines.cfm%26ID%3D29072

Thanks for those links, LibertyRocks.

Those Kingston, Texas boys were busy...28 bombs placed in multiple locations.