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Teen Questioned About School Threat
GREENBURGH, N.Y. (AP) - An Oregon teen-ager was questioned Saturday
about Internet chat room threats that forced the cancellation of
classes in a school district.
The teen-ager admitted making the threats but told investigators
it was an innocent hoax, police said.
Officials in the Edgemont district in Westchester County canceled
classes Friday at three schools after a student received an Internet
threat about ``a lot of bodies'' at Edgemont High School. The district
serves 1,700 students and has 150 staff.
The threat made early Friday morning in an America Online chat
room did not specify a method but warned, ``There's going to be
a lot of bodies around,'' investigators said. The recipient, an
Edgemont High student, quickly called police.
The message was traced to a home in Oregon, and investigators seized
a computer from the residence. The teen's identity and hometown
were withheld because no charges had been filed.
On Thursday, at a high school in suburban San Diego, Calif., an
18-year-old student was arrested for allegedly opening fire on his
classmates and wounding five. The shooting at Granite Hills High
School, in El Cajon, came three weeks after a deadly school shooting
a few miles away at Santana High School, in Santee, Calif.
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