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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 days local parents of school-age children have anxiously waited for more information from school districts and law enorcement as threat after threat poured
May 12, 2021
For days local parents of school-age children have anxiously waited for more information from school districts and law enforcement as threat after threat poured in to disrupt the school day at one district, then another … then another. During that time, both school administration and law enforcement have done an outstanding job of keeping the public informed. Their calm, organized readiness has been wonderful to watch.
Systems put in place by the schools worked. Parents were informed quickly with automated texts, calls and social media posts that let them know what was happening and that their children were safe.
When the first threats came in last week, the training and relationship building between the schools and law enforcement were evident.
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Vehicles line up along Rockland Avenue to pick Belpre Elementary School students up from the Stone Administration Building/Early Learning Center after classes were dismissed because of a bomb threat Monday morning.
At a glance:
¯ Waterford, Beverly and Belpre students were impacted by bomb threats to the Wolf Creek Local, Fort Frye Local and Belpre City school districts Monday.
¯ The threats were delivered via the same voice over internet protocol number as last week’s threats to Wolf Creek Local Schools.
¯ Early dismissal impacted elementary and high school buildings for each district.
¯ All three school districts threatened Monday confirmed increased security will be in place in the districts today and Wednesday.