This press release has been updated to reflect the student's
correct age. He is 15 years old.
METHUEN -- Police Chief Joseph Solomon reports that the Methuen
Police Department today arrested a 15-year-old student after he allegedly
wrote a threatening message on a piece of paper, which was found by a staff
member.
A non-specific threat was found written on a piece of paper in a
lavatory on Thursday morning. School officials quickly determined who was
allegedly responsible, questioned the student, and called in police, who
arrested him.
As a result of the investigation, a JUVENILE MALE, AGE 15, OF METHUEN
was arrested and charged with Communication of a Bomb Threat.
He will be arraigned in juvenile court.
The Methuen Police Department does NOT believe that today's
incident is at all connected to yesterday's threat against Methuen High
School or any of the other threats made against Massachusetts high schools
over the past two weeks. Yesterday's incident remains an open and ongoing
investigation.
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