JAY — A 1 p.m. bomb threat, May 29, led to the evacuation of Jay High and Jay Elementary Schools and the arrest of a 13-year-old for making a false bomb threat and disruption of a school function, according to the Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Ofice.
An unnamed student received a text message advising of a bomb threat to the school. According to the arrest report, the unnamed student received a text message saying "The bomb is active get out of there," followed by non-English symbols then more text saying "10 minutes."
After a thorough investigation and within 30 minutes, a suspect was in custody.
The threat was unfounded, the SRSO says, and the inidvidual who sent the text was discovered to be a student supposedly playing a joke.
After the unnamed student showed this message to a teacher, Rebecca Holley, then Principal Stephen Knowlton, staff evacuated the schools to the football field. Students returned to class after 30 to 45 minutes, according to the report.
This article originally appeared on Santa Rosa Press Gazette: Cops arrest student on bomb threat charges