11/17/17
by News Department on 11/17/17Charges in bomb threat...
A Mahanoy Area High School student has admitted to making a bomb threat that dismissed school early last month.
According to Skook News, Mahanoy City Police said 18 year old Joseph Flaim admitted to writing the threat on a bathroom wall on Oct. 18th.
School officials evacuated the school, called Police as a well bomb squad unit to search the school.
The investigation into the threat lead administration and police to Flaim who originally denied making the threat.
Flaim later admitted to the threat and has been charged by Mahanoy City Police.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled before Magisterial District Judge Anthony J. Kilker on December 7.
