Jefferson County, TN (WOKI) A 13-year-old has been charged after a bomb threat was sent to principals of schools in Jefferson County.
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says officials with Jefferson County Schools notified them Tuesday, January 9 that a bomb threat that had been sent to several principals overnight by email; the bomb threat involved five schools.
Officials said School Resource Officers swept their schools for anything suspicious and determined the threats were a hoax.
JCSO says investigators tracked the email to a 13-year-old student at Rush Strong School. The student was interviewed and charged with threats of mass destruction.
Other agencies that assisted included the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the Tennessee Department of Homeland Security, the Tennessee Highway Patrol and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
