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Related: About this forumSoutheast DC teen charged after bomb threats made against DC schools
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Southeast teen charged after bomb threats made against DC schools
Will Vitka | wvitka@wtop.com
February 10, 2022, 9:56 AM
A 16-year-old boy from Southeast has been arrested and charged with terroristic threats for multiple bomb threats made against D.C. schools Wednesday.
D.C. police said Thursday theyre still working with federal partners to investigate the incidents.
Authorities investigated threats at eight District schools Wednesday, which came a day after Dunbar High School was evacuated due to a bomb threat Tuesday.
D.C. police said they investigated threats at Dunbar, Theodore Roosevelt and Ron Brown high schools, as well as KIPP DC College Preparatory, IDEA Public Charter School, Seed Public Charter School, McKinley Tech High School and Friendship Public Charter School.
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Will Vitka
William Vitka is a Digital Editor and reporter for WTOP.com. He's been in the news industry for over a decade. Before joining WTOP, he worked for CBS News, Stuff Magazine, The New York Post and wrote a variety of booksabout a dozen of them, with more to come.
wvitka@wtop.com
@WillVitka
Southeast teen charged after bomb threats made against DC schools
Will Vitka | wvitka@wtop.com
February 10, 2022, 9:56 AM
A 16-year-old boy from Southeast has been arrested and charged with terroristic threats for multiple bomb threats made against D.C. schools Wednesday.
D.C. police said Thursday theyre still working with federal partners to investigate the incidents.
Authorities investigated threats at eight District schools Wednesday, which came a day after Dunbar High School was evacuated due to a bomb threat Tuesday.
D.C. police said they investigated threats at Dunbar, Theodore Roosevelt and Ron Brown high schools, as well as KIPP DC College Preparatory, IDEA Public Charter School, Seed Public Charter School, McKinley Tech High School and Friendship Public Charter School.
{snip}
Will Vitka
William Vitka is a Digital Editor and reporter for WTOP.com. He's been in the news industry for over a decade. Before joining WTOP, he worked for CBS News, Stuff Magazine, The New York Post and wrote a variety of booksabout a dozen of them, with more to come.
wvitka@wtop.com
@WillVitka
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Southeast DC teen charged after bomb threats made against DC schools (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Feb 2022
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bottomofthehill
(8,261 posts)1. I know he is a teen, but this is dangerous
Evacuating schools is a dangerous thing, a bomb threat in this environment has to be taken seriously. This was not a one off trying to skip a test, this was a terror campaign. Arrest him and charge him as an adult.
IronLionZion
(45,256 posts)2. Especially since it's lots of schools
this is more than a kid being stupid. This is terrorism that even impacted the Second Gentleman while he was visiting a school.