A THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD student was taken into custody and brought to police headquarters for questioning after he threatened to bomb Francisco M. Sablan Middle School on Thursday morning, the Department of Public Safety said.
“Today, at around 11:53 a.m., police officers responded…actually, the initial call was regarding a disturbance, then later it was determined that a student had made a bomb threat,” DPS public information officer Sgt. Fred Sato said.
“Immediately, police dispatch notified responders, and the first step of action was to get the students out of the classrooms [and] away from the scene and secure the buildings. We also notified and requested assistance from the Commonwealth Ports Authority police for their…K-9s.”
DPS announced an all-clear at around 2 p.m.
“We completed the search of every classroom of each building, and it was all clear. Students should be getting back to their classrooms,” Sato said.
“The initial report says that there was a student who claimed that he found firecrackers in the restroom and brought them to the teacher. The student told the teacher that if the teacher reported him, he would bomb and blow up the school — the campus,” Sato said.
“So the student was brought to our investigation section, and the parents were notified. From there [we] will continue the investigation,” Sato added.
Asked whether the student was the same one who made a similar threat to the school two months ago, Sato said it was a different student.
On Sept. 17, 2023, DPS investigators charged two male juveniles under 16 with “making a terroristic threat and conspiracy,” after they made violent threats against Fransisco M. Sablan Middle School.
“We want our community to know that DPS will not tolerate any acts of misconduct and will investigate them aggressively,” DPS said.
Police officers respond to a bomb threat at Francisco M. Sablan Middle School on Thursday.
DPS public information officer Sgt. Fred Sato talks to reporters regarding the incident at Francisco M. Sablan Middle School on Thursday afternoon.
Police vehicles are seen at the entrances and exits of Francisco M. Sablan Middle School after a student threatened to blow up the campus on Thursday.
