Wis. high school student charged with bomb threat
An 18-year-old Mondovi High School student has been charged with making a bomb threat at the school.
Prosecutors say Elizabeth E. Johnson wrote a bomb-scare note that was found in a school restroom.
Mondovi police Chief Terry Pittman says a student found a note March 12 saying a bomb was in a student locker.
School administrators locked down the school and evacuated two classrooms. Police reports say no bomb was found in the locker.
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An investigation led police to paper scraps in Johnson's desk.
According to police reports quoted by the Winona Daily News, Johnson acknowledged writing that note and a second falsely claiming someone had a gun. The report says Johnson was asked why she wrote the notes and she said she was having problems at school and at home.
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Information from: Winona Daily News
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