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Suspects arrested for school bomb threat Bonney Lake receives second threat this school year By Theresa De Lay Staff Writer
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Two juvenile suspects were arrested the afternoon of Nov. 20 for allegedly making a bomb threat at Bonney Lake High School. Students and staff were evacuated the morning before when the note was discovered.
It was the third bomb threat to hit the school in the last two years, one of which took place less than three months ago. The Bonney Lake Police Department, assisted by a Pierce County Sheriff’s Department bomb detecting K9, conducted a search of the school and found no evidence of weapons or explosives. A break in the investigation came when police identified the suspects by video
surveillance. Detective work confirmed what the video footage implied. The two suspects were booked into Remann Hall. One of the suspects has been charged with threat to bomb or injury property, according to the Pierce County Prosecutor’s Office. The second suspect has not yet been charged, at the time of press. Threats to bomb or injure property is a class B felony referenced in RCW 9.61.160.
Class B felonies are punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a fine of $20,000. A subsection of the law stated, “It shall not be a defense to any prosecution under this section that the threatened bombing or injury was a hoax.” Sumner School District Superintendent Sara Johnson said it was an empty threat but the law doesn’t take the matter lightly and neither does school administration.
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“… in every case we have had a bomb threat, we have identified the student/s involved and have followed the discipline policy. We have no tolerance for bomb threats and regret the instructional time lost and the inconvenience and disruption caused by inappropriate student behavior,” Johnson wrote in an email. The suspects faced an emergency expulsion upon
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Intruder shot and killed by homeowner By Kevin Hanson
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The Sumner High girls soccer team won the 2A state crown for the second consecutive year Saturday at Shoreline Stadium. The Spartans beat Bellingham 2-0. Full story on page 3. Photo by Dennis Box
No charges are being filed against a local man who shot and killed an intruder during the late-evening hours of Nov. 18. It was approximately 11 p.m. when a 21-year-old man drove his vehicle through a gate and crashed into cars parked in the driveway. According to information provided by the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department, Enumclaw resident Cole Mathews began screaming and breaking windows in the rural home. The residents heard the ruckus and took action. While the wife locked herself in a bedroom and called 911, her husband, 67, armed himself with a gun. Police reports show the intruder kicked in a door, entered the home, chased the husband and began punching him. At that point, the homeowner fired shots from his handgun, hitting
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