Crime & Safety
Student Charged With Inducing Panic After Bomb Hoax
The 12-year-old girl was arrested Tuesday night
The student who is suspected of writing a threat on the wall at Memorial Middle School and causing the bomb scare Tuesday has been arrested and charged with inducing panic.
The 12-year-old girl can be disciplined by the school, as well.
Memorial Middle School was evacuated Tuesday afternoon after a student found a bomb threat on a bathroom wall and reported to administrators.
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Mentor Police, along with the bomb-sniffing canine, were called and assisted administrators in conducting a sweep of the school.
Students were kept at Garfield Elementary while Memorial was being searched.
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The building was cleared at about 5:00 p.m. and determined safe for students to return to school.
All after-school events at Memorial were cancelled Tuesday.
The school would have been back open today were it not for the district-wide snow day.
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