Baytown Student Arrested Over Bomb Hoax at Texas A&M
UPDATE:
The Texas A&M University Police Department says an arrest has been made over a bomb hoax on campus.
Police say the threat was sent to a staff member through the Texas A&M University Library Chat Resource Service by a 16-year-old male from Baytown.
Investigators were able to determine that the threat was sent from a computer within the Goose Creek Independent School District in Baytown, Texas.
Officers from the Baytown Police Department were contacted and responded to the school district. They were able to determine that the threat was sent by the student.
He was arrested and transported to the Baytown Police Department. He was charged with terroristic threat, a third degree felony, punishable by 2-10 years imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and a fine up to $ 10,000.
He was later released to his parents
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Normally we don't do stories on bomb threats...especially when it's a prank.
However, one received today on the A&M campus caused a pretty big disruption at the main library.
Emergency vehicles lined the streets and first responders started communicating a game plan.
People were rushed outside while the caution tape went up.
The response from local authorities was serious, despite the bomb threat on Texas A&M's campus being a practical joke.
"They were like...pushing people away from the building and they were telling them to go on the other side of the road," said Texas A&M student, Nipuna Weeratunge.
Police got the call around 11 a.m. from the Sterling C. Evans Library, saying a bomb threat had been received electronically.
Sergeant Allan Baron, with A&M's Police Department, says the library was full at the time.
Baron said, "We have emergency personnel stationed around the building to keep people out."
The main library, as well as three other surrounding buildings were evacuated.
"This takes a lot of resources from the police department, from the campus and from the students," added Weeratunge.
With finals four days away, the closures took away students' most precious resource right now, time.
Weeratunge said, "I actually wanted to come and get some studying done."
The Houston division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosive also assisted by bringing dogs to investigate the 500-thousand square foot area.
"They're not a common occurrence, so it's definitely something that we want to take seriously," added Baron.
Time is the only thing hurt by this hoax, because now students have less of it to prepare themselves before final exams Friday.
"That is a very poor taste in pranks," said Weeratunge.
Police agree and are using the threat's electronic method of delivery to find those responsible.
2008 was the last time university officials say there was a bomb threat at Texas A&M.
In 2007 and 2006 suspicious packages were delivered to the University.
Those also turned out to be nothing legitimately dangerous.
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