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One Person Charged In Connection With Bigfork High School Bomb Threat

A screen capture from the Bigfork High School website. https://www.bigforkschools.org/our-schools/high-school/
A screen capture from the Bigfork High School website. https://www.bigforkschools.org/our-schools/high-school/

The Flathead County Sheriff’s Office announced that it arrested a juvenile male Monday for allegedly calling in a bomb threat to Bigfork High School. The suspect has been charged with intimidation.

“Yesterday, we were able to further the investigation and a juvenile male was located and taken into custody. We’re withholding the male’s name at this time and the investigation is continuing,” Sheriff Brian Heino said.

School officials received a short, non-detailed message saying there was a bomb in the high school early Monday morning. School officials evacuated the building and law enforcement was able to search the school. Students returned to class by 9 a.m after police found no evidence of a bomb.

Aaron graduated from the University of Minnesota School of Journalism in 2015 after interning at Minnesota Public Radio. He landed his first reporting gig in Wrangell, Alaska where he enjoyed the remote Alaskan lifestyle and eventually moved back to the road system as the KBBI News Director in Homer, Alaska. He joined the MTPR team in 2019. Aaron now reports on all things in northwest Montana and statewide health care.
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