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Mosley evacuated after bomb threatTHE CONSEQUENCESTONY SIMMONSEducation EditorMore than 2,400 students and 150 staff members got rousted from Mosley High School on Tuesday morning when the school received a bomb threat.The threat came by telephone from a male caller at about 10 a.m. No one was injured and o rials found no bomb. The Bay County Sheriff’s Office is investigating, but has not yet discovered the identity of the caller.Principal Bill Husfelt said he was reviewing the school’s hurricane evacuation plan with members of his staff when an office worker announced that the school had received a bomb threat. Sheriff’s Office and aggressively“So 1 just turned the page” in go after this caller. This is thethe crisis handbook used at the kind of thing we cannot tolerate inmeeting and followed the instruc- the school system. And we willtions, Husfelt said.The fire bell sounded to clearAccording to Lt. Jerry Girvin, public information specialist for the Bay County Sheriff’s Office, a person found to have made a bomb threat can be charged with a third-degree felony. The sentence is a minimum of a year in prison plus a fine. The sentence can be more harsh in the event of “aggravating circumstances, such as a person being injured during the building’s evacuation.prosecute.”Bolinger, joined by executive the building, and a call went into directors Jim McGonagil andthe district office. Tom Barefield, arrived at Mosley“1 got the call about 10 a.m. less than 10 minutes later. At thatstraight-up,” said Superintendent time, the Bay County Sheriff’sLarry Bolinger.“We’re going to work with thePlease see BOMB, 6A Ray WishartHerald Photo: Andrew Shurtleff
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Panama City, Florida, US
Wed, Sep 02, 1998
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