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Man arrested in Sharp County bomb threat


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Updated: 12/12/2012 7:52 am Published: 12/12/2012 7:51 am

HIGHLAND, Ark. (AP) — Authorities in Sharp County say one person was arrested for phoning in a bomb threat that resulted in the evacuation of Highland High School.

The threat was called in to the Fulton County Sheriff's Department on Tuesday morning. Officials say the caller didn't specify which high school had the supposed bomb. Since the call was made from an phone with an 847 prefix, authorities decided to evacuate the high school at Highland.

No bomb was found.

The Sharp County Sheriff's Department says a man from Cherokee Village was arrested and transported to the Fulton County Jail.

A bomb-sniffing dog from the Air Force was brought in to check for any explosives.

 

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Butch54 - 12/12/2012 12:36 PM
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In the story it pointed out the subject didn't give the name of the school. They then went to the prefix which is for a specific area. Which would be your second best hint of the location. The first being the subject telling them where. Leave the investigating to the police.

itsjustme - 12/12/2012 11:02 AM
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What does the prefix of the phone number have to do with anything? If someone calls in a bomb threat to a school, you evacuate it regardless of where the call was made from.
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