HOCKING COUNTY, Ohio — The Hocking County Sheriff’s Office says they were involved in an investigation today involving a student making threats to an out-of-state school.
The Logan-Hocking Local School District released a statement on the investigation saying, “Shortly after the start of the school day, we were notified by the Sheriff’s Office of a threat made against a school outside of Ohio. However, upon investigating the incident, detectives were able to track the source of the phone call back to a student from the middle school in our district.”
The district went on to add, “detectives responded to the middle school and worked collaboratively with school officials to investigate the incident. During the interview, the two students admitted to making the phone calls, which they claimed to be a “joke” or “prank call”. Both students were placed under arrest for the incident.”
According to the Hocking County Sheriff’s Office, there was no threat to the community or staff and students.
The names of those involved will not be released by the authorities due to their age.
No further details were released.
