Teen Taken Into Custody Following Online Threats Against West Bloomfield High School
WEST BLOOMFIELD (WWJ) - A 15-year-old student at West Bloomfield High School has been taken into custody for allegedly making threats on social media against his school and classmates.
Police say the teen was apprehended Wednesday evening after 17 hours of investigation.
"At this time, our investigation has determined that other than making threats, there were no plans against the school or it's students," police said in a statement.
Charges are pending
The threats were made online around 11 p.m. Tuesday from an anonymous Twitter account and were directed toward the school's athletic department's official Twitter account.
"This is what going to happen, the bomb that my uncle and I constructed will go off if you continue this," one of the threats read.
"I go to school wanting to do massive harm to you all," read another threat. "All you do is make me worse, this bomb you will not find and I will put that on Satan."
Police say they were made aware of the threats around 1 a.m. Wednesday and immediately launched an investigation. Road patrol officers provided added security presence at the school, which remained open for classes.
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