14-year-old arrested in bomb threat at Franklin Junior High

A 14-year-old girl was arrested after a bomb threat Tuesday at Franklin Junior High , the third such threat targeting a Franklin school in less than a week.

The girl, whose name is being withheld because she's a juvenile, was arrested at 8:39 a.m. Tuesday, less than an hour after police were made aware of the threat, Police Chief Morris Beverly said.

From the press release:

At approximately 7:42 a.m. Tuesday, the Franklin Police Department was notified of a bomb threat at the Franklin Junior High School, as well as information regarding a bomb threat that was circulating on a social media post. The Franklin Police Department additionally received information of possible threats to Franklin Senior High School. The detectives division of the Franklin Police Department worked to locate and identify the caller. At this time the buildings have been cleared.

Through their investigation detectives learned that a juvenile called in the threats.

A juvenile female, 14, was arrested on January 18, 2022, at 8:39 a.m., on the charges of terrorizing and communicating false information of planned bombing on school. The juvenile was booked, processed, and released pending juvenile court.

Bomb threats targeted Franklin High on two days last week. The Franklin police didn't link those threats to Tuesday's arrests.