Student arrested after bathroom bomb threat found at North Andover High School
By Kate Augusto, Globe Staff
A 16-year-old student at North Andover High School is facing criminal charges after a bomb threat was found scrawled on a stall in the girls' bathroom.
“We boming (sic) North Andover High!” said the note, which was discovered at 2 p.m. Friday by another student. “We’re killing everyone 3/20/08 be ready.”
Police sent several officers to the school and searched the building with a dog trained by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, said Lieutenant Paul Gallagher of the North Andover Police Department. Principal Carla Scuzzarella sent out a voicemail alert to parents to warn them about the threat.
“She did a fantastic job of calming the situation,” Gallagher said.
Scuzzarella said today that investigators were able to identify the 16-year-old suspect with video surveillance and hand writing samples. The student eventually admitted that had written the threat in the bathroom, Scuzzarella said.
The student was arrested Monday and charged with threatening to commit a crime and disruption of an academic setting. She was arraigned in Lawrence Juvenile Court. Her name was not released because of her age.
The student was released to her family and is scheduled to return to court March 18.
