Building cleared after bomb threat at high school

Law enforcement and school officials in Lathrop have been working to ensure the safety of students at Lathrop High School after a bomb threat was discovered in the building last week.

Lathrop Police Chief Dave Spieser said that a juvenile suspect was questioned last Friday and confessed to the second of two messages etched into the bathroom wall at LHS. Both messages threatened to blow up the high school on Tuesday (presumably Tuesday,

May 9), the second appearing after the first had been patched.

Chief Speiser said the suspect was identified through surveillance footage on Friday, adding that information in the case is being turned over to the Clinton County Prosecuting Attorney’s office for possible felony charges. The juvenile will not be returning to school. In response to the threat, Lathrop High School was searched for explosives on Monday and cleared in an hour-long operation, the chief said. Four K9 units from the Kan-