A 15-year-old boy from Brooklyn, New York was charged with making a bomb threat toward Lyndhurst High School in Bergen County, officials said Tuesday.
The boy, who authorities didn’t identify because of his age, allegedly called 911 the afternoon of Oct. 7 and claimed there was a bomb in the school. The 911 dispatcher couldn’t identify him, since he used technology to keep himself anonymous, according to the Lyndhurst Police Department.
The dispatcher told the police about the call, authorities said. Officers were immediately dispatched to the school, which went into lockdown. Everyone was then evacuated from the building, the police department said.
A search for a bomb in and outside the school came up with nothing, officials said.
Detectives discovered the boy had traveled to Lyndhurst from Brooklyn by public transportation, police said.
He reached the school at about 11 a.m. and met with a group of Lyndhurst high school students, police said. The group later went back to class and the boy then placed the 911 call, officials said.
The boy later confessed to detectives that he made the bomb threat, according to police. He has been charged with creating a false public alarm.
“Bomb threats are never amusing and they are never harmless,” said Richard Jarvis, chief of Lyndhurst police. “We will never allow this behavior to stand. We will always track down the perpetrator and hold him or her accountable.”
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Camille Furst may be reached at cfurst@njadvancemedia.com.
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