Crime & Safety
Boy Arrested for Threatening to Bomb Burlingame School
The 13-year-old made the threat on social media.
May 2 Update:
Parents whose children attend Our Lady of Angels School in Burlingame have been reassured by school staff that there’s no threat to their children.
The school issued a statement to parents advising them that Burlingame Police had arrested a 13-year-old boy for threatening to bomb the school, and for threatening to harm a girl who attended the school. The threats were made via Instagram.
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“Burlingame Police are handling it,” a spokeswoman told Patch. “We have issued a statement to our parents” that will not be shared with the media. Parents are “comfortable it’s being handled by everyone who should be involved,” she added.
She declined to reveal the boy’s current status with the school.
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Original Story:
A 13-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with using the social media service Instagram to make threats to a student and threatening to bomb a school, according to the Burlingame Police Department.
Police received a report on Monday from the parents of a female middle school student at the Our Lady of Angels School in Burlingame about a student allegedly posting a threat to the girl on Instagram, police said.
The person also allegedly posted a bomb threat with a reference to her school and threats toward a second student, police said.
Police investigated and identified the suspect, who officers learned was actually the second student who was threatened and a male classmate of the girl, police said.
Officers interviewed the suspect with his mother and the suspect said he had no intention of harming anyone or exploding a bomb and made the threats to attract attention, police said.
Police later searched the boy's residence and located materials that could be used to make a bomb or harm another person, police said.
The juvenile was arrested on suspicion of "making terrorists threats," police said.
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