Clearview teen faces bomb threat charges

A 17-year-old girl has been charged as a juvenile with making a bomb threat at Clearview Regional High School.

The girl, who police would not name, was arrested Wednesday and released to her parents’ custody pending a court appearance. The teen is charged with creating a false public alarm and terroristic threats, according to the Harrison Township Police Department’s Facebook page.

The girl, a Clearview junior, is charged in connection to a May 26 threat in which a handwritten note including a bomb threat was discovered by a teacher in a classroom.

The note was sent to the U.S. Postal Inspection Service Laboratory – the Virginia-based law enforcement and security branch of the Postal Service — for handwriting analysis, according to Harrison Township Police’s Lt. Ron Cundey.

The girl was arrested in police headquarters after being called in for questioning with her parents and an attorney.

The May 26 threat was the third in two weeks to the regional high school serving students from Harrison and Mantua townships.

On May 20, a handwritten note was discovered in a classroom. On June 2, a third threat was received via text message prompting K-9 teams from multiple law enforcement agencies to conduct an “open-air sniff” of students' personal belongings as the entered the building.

Investigations are still ongoing for the May 20 and June 2 threats, Cundey said.

Carly Q. Romalino; (856) 486-2476; cromalino@courierpostonline.com