9/23/19
by News Department on 09/23/19Threats at Hazleton schools...
Police in Hazleton say a tip helped stop a potential threat against two schools in the Hazleton Area School District, and now, one man is in custody. Investigators say the mayor received a tip on Saturday morning which led them to check on a threat made against the Arthur Street School and Hazleton Area High School.
The incident began with a text message containing what authorities called a manifesto threatening a shooting and the use of pipe bombs at two Hazleton Area schools.
Police say 28 year old Christian Diehl, of Hazleton, made the threats to use bombs at Arthur Street School as a diversion from a mass shooting at Hazleton Area High School.
Diehl was taken into custody and is locked up in the Luzerne County jail.
School will be in session as usual today at all schools in the Hazleton Area School District.
