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Criminal Charges Filed Against Juvenile Male in Connection to Wootton High School Bomb Threats

For Immediate Release: Friday, March 1, 2024

Gaithersburg, MD – Officers from the Montgomery County Department of Police – Behavioral Assessment and Administrative Unit have filed criminal charges against a juvenile male for allegedly making bombs threats over the phone to Wootton High School faculty on Monday, November 27, 2023.

 

The investigation has revealed that at approximately 8:01 a.m., a male called Wootton High School in the 2100 block of Wootton Parkway and stated that bombs were placed inside specific areas of the school.

 

School personnel called 9-1-1 and reported the crime. Community Engagement officers, 1st District officers, K-9 units and Montgomery County Fire Rescue personnel responded to the location.

 

Officers helped students and faculty members evacuate the school. K-9 units along with officers searched the school and did not locate any bombs.

 

Through the investigation, officers from the Behavioral Assessment and Administrative Unit spoke with witnesses, obtained information as well as evidence and conducted search warrants that led them to identify the juvenile male as the suspect. Officers also determined that the same suspect had made bombs threats against a school in New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Missouri and Howard County, MD.

 

Officers filed criminal charges, Threat of Mass Violence, Telephone Misuse, and other charges against the suspect and referred the case to the Department of Juvenile Services for a disposition.  The suspect is currently facing criminal charges in other states.

 

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Release ID: 24-090
Media Contact: CC 
Categories: school-threats