Teen Arrested For Calling In Graduation Day Bomb Threat
YPSILANTI (WWJ) - A Washtenaw County basketball star has been arrested for calling in a bomb threat before Ypsilanti High School's graduation ceremony.
The Washtenaw County Sheriff's Department said a school secretary received two phone calls from the same person who said a bomb that was going to go off at Eastern Michigan University's Convocation Center at 7 p.m. Tuesday night.
Investigators used phone and school records to pinpoint 18-year old Tristan Simmons of Inkster as the as the alleged caller. He was arrested on the charge of filing a false report or bomb threat, which is a felony.
Simmons, voted the county's player of the year, was released on bond pending his next court appearance.
He faces up to four years in prison if convicted.
