Greenland student arrested in connection with bomb threat

A student was arrested by local police after confessing to writing a threatening message on a bathroom wall at Greenland High School Tuesday afternoon, officials said.

The message stated the school would be blown up on Friday, according to a news release from the police department.

The student who was arrested is a freshman at the high school, Superintendent Charles Cudney said. The student told police he didn't want to hurt anyone but was upset with things going on in his life, according to the news release.

The school resource officer investigated the incident. After watching video of the area from a security camera, the student was questioned and confessed to writing the threat. He was then placed under arrest, the news release stated.

Cudney said the 275 students in the high school were not evacuated or dismissed early. School officials followed the district's crisis plan for dealing with the incident. A search of the school was made and no bomb materials were found, police said.

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