HEDGESVILLE, WV (LOOTPRESS) – One juvenile has been charged after making a bomb threat toward Hedgesville High School this week.
According to the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Department, on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at approximately 9:08 am, Deputies responded to a bomb threat at Hedgesville High School in Hedgesville.
The threat came in through an online reporting system. Once on the scene, Deputies worked with school officials to evacuate staff & students.
Bomb-detecting K-9s arrived on the scene later and did a sweep of the school. There were no explosive devices detected during the sweep.
Students were able to return to school afterward and resume class.
Investigators with the Criminal Investigations Division immediately started investigating the origin of the bomb threat.
They, along with assistance from the West Virginia Fusion Center, were able to identify a suspect.
The suspect, a juvenile, was found to be a student at another high school in Berkeley County.
Investigators located the suspect and interviewed him after his parents arrived at the school. They were able to determine that the juvenile did not have the means to carry out the threat.
The juvenile will be charged with terroristic threats for making the bomb threat.
