By Gary Lloyd
BIRMINGHAM — Bomb threats were emailed to Center Point Middle School on Wednesday and Thursday last week.
A 12-year-old student has been charged with making a terrorist threat and will be adjudicated through juvenile court.
On Wednesday, April 15 a school administrator received an email that read, “I planted a bomb in one of the bathrooms you going to need a bomb suad and a remoted in one of the lockers theres a wite remote to stop the bomb you have 40 minutes too get all the kids out of the elementary school and middle school or everybodys dead.”
Two minutes later a second email was received that read, “im leaving the bored school now right 40 minutes.”
Both schools were evacuated and the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office conducted searches of the schools using explosive detection K9s. No bombs were found and classes resumed.
On Thursday, April 16 at about 9:32 a.m. the same administrator received another threatening email. It read, “If you don’t get everybody out of the school out to the back where the busses be or everybody gone die you have 15 minutes starting now. Theres a bomb hiden in the new lunchroom inside the water fountain I broke intoo the school last nite unset the alarms and planted the bomb im leaving the bord school right now.”
Once again the schools were evacuated and searched. No bombs were found.
The emails were traced back to a county alternative school where a 12-year-old male student from Center Point was found to have sent all three emails. The student had made cell phone videos of himself sending them.
On Friday, April 17 a juvenile petition charging the student with making a terrorist threat was obtained. The case will be handled in juvenile court.
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