A Skyview High School student appeared Wednesday in Clark County Juvenile Court after allegedly making a bomb threat Tuesday morning.
The ninth-grader appeared on suspicion of making a bomb threat, disturbing school activities, making a false statement and false reporting, court records show.
Dispatch received a 911 call at 10:17 a.m. from a Skyview student, who said another student was talking about a bomb, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Six Clark County sheriff’s deputies and a fire truck responded to the school to investigate. Approximately 1,900 students evacuated to a field for more than 50 minutes, the affidavit said.
Deputy Scott Bain called the reporting party’s cellphone, and a male answered. The boy agreed to meet Bain in the 800 wing of the school. When he arrived, he told Bain he had provided dispatch with a fake name. He claimed he saw a photo of the bomb on a friend’s phone through a photo-sharing app, according to court documents.
The boy told Bain that the photo showed another student standing somewhere in the school holding what looked to be a bomb. He described several wires coming out of it. He claimed the text on the photo said, “bomb 800 wing,” court records said.
While deputies searched the wing, two more students came forward and said their friend who had initially reported the bomb may be behind the threat. They said their friend had joked about calling and pranking 911. One friend said he heard the boy make the call, the affidavit said.
That boy later admitted to making it all up. He said his friends had dared him to call 911 and report a bomb in the 800 wing restroom. He added that he shouldn’t have done it and didn’t think it through, according to court documents.
On Wednesday, the boy was appointed an attorney and granted release on house arrest. He was ordered to go to counseling and is not to go near the high school.
He will be arraigned April 29.
