SWAMPSCOTT, MASS. (WHDH) - A 15-year-old boy was called before a judge Friday in connection with a bomb scare at Swampscott High School.
The boy, whose name was not released, was arraigned in Lynn Juvenile Court where he was charged with making a false bomb threat and disrupting a public assembly, according to Essex District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett and Swampscott Police Chief Ruben Quesada.
Around 6:45 a.m. police were notified by a Swampscott High School administrator, that the student had made a bomb threat on social media.
Swampscott Police and Fire, with assistance from Mass State Police Bomb Squad, conducted a thorough search of the high school and determined the building was safe.
The teenager was ordered not to use social media, to complete a risk assessment, stay away from the school during his suspension and not to get into any further trouble with the law.
The case is scheduled for a pre-trial hearing on May 20.
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