15-year-old girl arrested in bomb threat that evacuated Cherokee high school

October 13, 2022 at 9:16 am EDT

Bomb threat reported at Etowah High School High school students here are being released from nearby E.T. Booth Middle School (WSB-TV)

October 13, 2022 at 9:16 am EDT

CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. — A teenage girl has been arrested and accused of faking a bomb threat that evacuated a high school in Cherokee County last month.

The anonymous bomb threat caused students at Etowah High School to be released from school around 11:15 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 28.

The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office says their investigators used phone records and spoke to witnesses to identify a 15-year-old suspect.

The girl was arrested on Tuesday and charged with terroristic threats. It is unclear if she was a student at Etowah High School.

She is being held in the Marietta Youth Detention Center without bond.

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15-year-old girl arrested in bomb threat that evacuated Cherokee high school