A juvenile has been arrested and faces a felony charge in connection with Tuesday’s bomb threat at Daviess County High School, district officials have announced.
According to a release from Daviess County Public Schools, at approximately 11:15 a.m. Tuesday an automated call was received at DCHS informing the front office of a bomb threat.
According to the release, the call appeared to be from a location in South Florida. Emergency services were notified and immediately responded to the scene to help verify the threat. All students and staff evacuated the building, while local law enforcement searched the school. No device was found.
“Daviess County Public Schools promotes in all buildings, ‘See Something, Say Something.’ And because of the relationships developed between students and staff at DCHS, a student provided information that helped lead to a potential suspect,” district officials said in the release.
Chief Gary Mattingly, lead officer for the DCPS Police Department, said a juvenile was arrested Thursday afternoon and was transported to the Warren County Juvenile Detention Center in Bowling Green.
The juvenile was charged with complicity to commit first-degree terroristic threatening, which Mattingly said is a class D felony.
“It is important our community, including our students, realize the importance with which we take these disruptions, and they will not be tolerated in DCPS and will be investigated to the fullest extent,” Mattingly said.
Superintendent Matt Robbins said the district is thankful to the first responders that immediately assisted in this case, along with the students “who were eager and brave enough to report information to school staff.”
Robbins said, “The motto of Daviess County Public Schools is ‘Kids First,’ and there is nothing more important than putting our children’s safety first.”
