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Police arrest teenager for Man High School bomb threat

MAN, W.Va. — Police arrested a 16-year-old Tuesday in connection with a bomb threat that led to the evacuation of Man High School on Monday.

The teenager confessed to writing a note with a threatening message found in the school, police said.

After sheriff’s deputies and the West Virginia state police bomb & K9 unit found no explosives, students resumed classes.

The suspect was released to parental custody and a preliminary hearing was set.

More arrests are possible, police said.





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