Advertisement Police: Man passed note at restaurant saying there were bombs, shooter at 2 Westmoreland Co. schools The man was wearing an elaborate mask that made him look older. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

An Ohio man was arrested in North Huntingdon, Westmoreland County, after he allegedly laid a note on a counter at Bob Evans that said there was an active shooter threat and multiple bombs at Norwin and Jeannette high schools. Click the video player above to watch surveillance video of the suspect leaving the restaurant while wearing a mask that made him appear older.Police said the man allegedly did this to lead police away from two banks in Circleville that he intended to rob. "It was rather a large coordinated effort between two districts and the county. This wasn't something he did on a spur of the moment," said North Huntingdon police Chief Robert Rizzo. Norwin and Jeannette school districts were notified about the threat. All schools in the Norwin School District were placed on a modified lockdown. Norwin High School students were dismissed early. According to a message sent to parents within the Jeannette City School District, the Junior/Senior High School were placed on a lockdown and numerous sweeps were completed by police officers of both the interior and exterior of the locations to eliminate any immediate threat. At 11 a.m., Jeannette and Norwin high schools were dismissed for the day. Police said the man walked into the Bob Evans located on Route 30 in North Huntingdon Township around 9 a.m. and laid the note on a counter near a worker. Officers obtained a photo of the man who was seen leaving the Bob Evans in a black Dodge Charger. Police said the man was wearing an elaborate mask that made him look much older than he was. (A photo of the mask is below.) Police determined the license plate on the car was registered to a Kia from Robbins Station Road in North Huntingdon. Officers went to the residence and saw the Kia had the license plate removed from it. An officer then saw the black Dodge Charger with the stolen license plate on it. Officers pulled over the vehicle and the driver was identified as Luke Joseph Dell, 35, of Beavercreek, Ohio. Police said Dell admitted to passing the note at the Bob Evans restaurant to get police officers to respond to the threat at the school. He was wearing a mask when he passed the note and still had the mask on when he was taken into custody, police said. Click the video player below to see video of Dell without the mask. Officers took him into custody around 10 a.m. before he could get to the bank that he intended to rob. According to the criminal complaint, Dell told police he talked himself out of committing the bank robbery. He also allegedly admitted to stealing the registration off the Kia on Monday. No explosives were found in Dell's car. Bomb detection K-9s searched the Norwin High School and and Jeannette Junior/Senior High School. Both schools were deemed to be clear. Dell is being charged with making terroristic threats, causing or risking catastrophe, reckless threat to use a weapon of mass destruction and theft (of the license plate).