Bomb Threat Suspect Charged
The juvenile accused of making bomb threats against Union Local High School and Middle School in Ohio and Wheeling Park High School in West Virginia is now facing a felony charge in Belmont County Juvenile Court.
The juvenile is being charged with inducing panic, a second-degree felony. The hearing date for that charge is set for 1:15 p.m. Sept. 14 in Belmont County.
The two threats came in Friday morning. At Wheeling Park, at least one portion of the threat came through an app used by one of the classrooms. The threat at Union Local appeared to have been phoned in.
Buildings were evacuated and classes were dismissed early as a result of the situation at both schools. Many WPHS students waited outside Wheeling Park’s White Palace on Friday afternoon for their parents to pick them up.
No charges have yet been filed against anyone in Ohio County for the Wheeling Park incident, Wheeling Police Department spokesman Philip Stahl said Wednesday. Investigators are still talking with prosecutors and the investigation remains open.




