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56-year-old man charged with making bomb threat to Bowling Green City Schools

Police say 56-year-old Daniel Stinehart left a threatening voicemail Friday afternoon that was later deemed not credible.

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio — A 56-year-old man has been charged with making a false bomb threat to Bowling Green City Schools.

Police say Daniel Stinehart was charged with one count of inducing panic for sending a threatening voicemail to Bowling Green High School Principal Dan Black was identified late Friday afternoon.

All Bowling Green City Schools students were evacuated around 12:30 p.m. Friday, as the message insinuated there was an explosive somewhere in a district building. According to a letter sent home to parents, the message stated: 

"There is something in one of your school buildings that is going to go boom boom. You better get before it goes boom boom. Bye Boo."  

Nearly three hours later, police determined the threat was not credible.

Inducing panic is a second-degree felony with a maximum punishment of eight years in prison and a $15,000 fine.

Update on our evacuation event: The person who called and left the threat on Mr. Black's voicemail has been identified...

Posted by Bowling Green City Schools, Ohio on Friday, September 10, 2021

   

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