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Newark Student Charged With Threatening School Shooting

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published March 8, 2018 at 6:13 AM EST
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Newark Police have arrested an eighth-grader for making violent threats against his school, Liberty Middle. The eighth-grader allegedly told classmates earlier this month he wanted to shoot other students. Police say the student admitted to making the statements when questioned by district officials.

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Jim Letizia
Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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