
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, November 26, 1994                   TAG: 9411280053
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-5   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: MILFORD                                LENGTH: Short

BOGUS BOMB THREATS STRAIN SCHOOL

Caroline High School has asked the state police to help investigate 10 bomb threats received since mid-October, and school officials are considering disciplinary steps to discourage such incidents.

Caroline County Superintendent Richard Glancy said the phoned-in threats disrupt classes by forcing evacuation of the 1,000-student school and may require that students make up lost instruction time.

The sheriff's department charged two students Oct. 19 with making false bomb threats. But the calls haven't abated, with the latest threats phoned in Monday and Tuesday.

Sheriff Homer Johnson said he expects to arrest at least one more student, and perhaps two more, early next week.

The school this week asked the School Board to consider approving disciplinary steps, including suspension and expulsion, aimed at discouraging the threats. The board is to consider the policy next month.

Each time the high school receives a threat, the building is cleared, then combed by a team that includes a bomb-sniffing dog and handler from the state police or other agency, authorities said. An evacuation and search can take 90 minutes to two hours.

No explosive devices have been found.

- Associated Press

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