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Teen Responsible For Bomb Threat That Forced Maryland High School Evacuation, Police Say Teen Responsible For Bomb Threat That Forced Maryland High School Evacuation, Police Say
Teen Responsible For Bomb Threat That Forced Maryland High School Evacuation, Police Say A teenager has been identified as the person who was responsible a bomb threat that forced an evacuation at a Montgomery County high school. Officers from the Montgomery County Department of Police were called to the Walt Whitman High School on Friday morning to investigate a reported threat. An alert was issued by the agency shortly before 11 a.m. on June 7 regarding a possible threat targeting the building, though it was also determined to be not valid and there was never any danger to the school. On Tuesday, June 11, investigators announced that they identified a 15-year-old as the…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Man Live-Streaming Threats Targeting Church Swiftly Arrested In Maryland: Sheriff Man Live-Streaming Threats Targeting Church Swiftly Arrested In Maryland: Sheriff
Man Live-Streaming Threats Targeting Church Swiftly Arrested In Maryland: Sheriff The man who threatened a Charles County Church online and went live on social media claiming he was unafraid to break the law has been arrested, according to the sheriff's office. Steven Heizmann, 39, showed the ugly side of social media over the weekend, prompting an investigation following multiple reports from a concerned citizen who was alarmed by his messages that were shared to the world. Shortly before 8 a.m. on Sunday morning, members of the Charles County Sheriff's Office were called in to investigate numerous posts on social media that came from Heizmann threatening to take a…

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by Zak Failla
Schools
School Resource Officers Investigate Threat Of Mass Violence At Maryland High School School Resource Officers Investigate Threat Of Mass Violence At Maryland High School
School Resource Officers Investigate Threat Of Mass Violence At Maryland High School A potential tragedy was avoided in Charles County when officers were able to intervene after there was a threat of mass violence uttered by a student at North Point High School. At 11:11 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 14, a spokesperson for the Charles County Sheriff's Office said that a School Resource Officer was made aware that a student made a threat to commit mass violence in the building during an argument. The Resource Officer launched an investigation into the incident and contacted the parents of the students who made the alleged threat, which was reportedly unfounded. Investigators also…

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by Zak Failla
Schools
Maryland Man Threatens Elementary School With Mass Violence: Sheriff Maryland Man Threatens Elementary School With Mass Violence: Sheriff
Maryland Man Threatens Elementary School With Mass Violence: Sheriff A Maryland was arrested Wednesday, May 25 for making multiple threats of mass violence towards a school just hours after 19 elementary students and two teachers were killed in a Texas school massacre, authorities said. Earl Benjamin Washington Jr., 46, of Lexington Park, called a business in White Plains and the Gale-Bailey Elementary school making multiple threats of mass violence against them, Tuesday, May 24, the Charles County Sheriff's Office said. "The calls to the specific locations are related to people he knows and is believed to be domestic-related," the sheriff's office…

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by Annie DeVoe