May 14—PORTSMOUTH — The Scioto County Sheriff's Office is fixing to charge a Georgia man with two bomb threats made to a high school in Lucasville, Ohio, according to a news release. The Scioto County Sheriff's Office announced Thursday Nicholas John Frances Hall, 18, of Thomson, Georgia, was charged in Washington County in connection with a rash of bomb threats throughout southern Ohio. The .
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VALLEY TOWNSHIP Scioto County Sheriff David Thoroughman stated that his office has currently been working jointly with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office as a result of two bomb threats being called in to a local school.
On Friday, May 7, 2021, the Scioto County Sheriff’s Office 9-1-1 Communication Center received a call from Valley High School reporting a bomb threat made to their school. Deputies responded to that location, as well as the Valley Township Fire Department. A search of the location was made with nothing being found.
On Tuesday, May 11, 2021, the Scioto County Sheriff’s Office 9-1-1 Communication Center received another call from Valley High School reporting an additional bomb threat being made to their school. Once again, deputies responded with the Valley Township Fire Department to that location. A search of the location was made with nothing being found.
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Washington County Sheriff’s Deputy Jason Hall, the dedicated school resource officer for Fort Frye Local Schools, reviews a new bomb threat call received by Secretary Linda Lawrence, seated, with Fort Frye High School Principal Andy Schob, left, at the high school Tuesday morning. (Photo by Janelle Patterson)
MARIETTA Following the apprehension of a suspect in the series of bomb and active shooter threats that plagued southeast Ohio schools in the last week, schools are back in session today.
Nicholas John Frances Hall, 18, of 1385 Washington Road, Thomson, Ga., was arrested in McDuffie County, Ga., by McDuffie County Sheriff’s Deputy Jared Land on Tuesday following a six-day investigation spanning three states and the coordination between multiple law enforcement agencies and school districts.
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Assistant U.S. Attorney Jarod Douglas speaks at a press conference following the sentencing of Reta Mays who was sentenced to seven consecutive life sentences for the murder of veterans at the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg. Photos by Janelle Patterson
Fort Frye High School Principal Andy Schob directs students in study hall to move from the cafeteria during another lockdown Tuesday morning. Washington County Sheriffâs Chief Deputy Mark Warden reviews an affidavit of facts before submission of a warrant for the arrest of Nicholas John Frances Hall on Tuesday afternoon at the Washington County Courthouse.
For The Times Leader MARIETTA, Ohio The Washington County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday afternoon the arrest of a suspect in the series of bomb and active shooter threats in southeast Ohio schools over the last six days.
Nicholas John Frances Hall, 18, of 1385 Washington Road, Thomson, Ga., was arrested in McDuffie County, Ga., by the McDuffie County Sheriff’s Office.
Washington County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Mark Warden announced the arrest after a multi-agency investigation Tuesday.
According to the affidavit submitted to Marietta Municipal Court by the Washington County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday for a warrant uploaded to the National Crime Information Center, Hall allegedly confessed to a deputy sheriff of the Georgia agency that “he made the bomb threats to get his girlfriend out of school.”