[HenleyMatters] Police News Release

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ACCREDITED LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: LT. JOHN TEIXEIRA AT 434-972-4031
NEWS RELEASE - March 29, 2007
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FAX TO: LOCAL MEDIA
FROM: ALBEMARLE COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT
1600 5TH STREET
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA 22902
PHONE: 434-296-5807, FAX: 434-972-4061
Albemarle County Police and Fire Marshals have arrested two Henley Middle School youths
on multiple felony charges relating to Tuesday morning's incident at Henley Middle and
Brownsville Elementary Schools.
Both juveniles are under 14 years of age. Due to their age, no other identifying information can
be released. They have each been charged with the below listed offenses:
Four felony charges of Constructing and/or placing a Hoax Explosive Device.
One of the juveniles is also being charged with two misdemeanor counts of Threats to Bomb
or Damage Buildings. One of these charges relates to the March 20th threat incident at Henley
Middle School.
Any further information about their legal staus cannot be released.
All of the following information is being released to educate the community and to help them
understand the seriousness of this incident and why it warranted the level of response that
occurred from both public safety agencies and the School Division. Every bomb threat is a
serious incident with serious consequences to everyone involved.
Attached are three pictures of items found at the schools. Picture # 1 is a round cylinder found
taped to a pole in front of Brownsville ES. Picture # 2 is a round cylinder found in the rear of
Henley MS. Both items pictured were determined to be "hoax" devices. Picture # 3 was a
written threat taped to the front entrance door at Henley Middle School.
There were also two other round cylinders found at the northwest corner and on the roof of
Henley Middle School.
ACCREDITED LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: LT. JOHN TEIXEIRA AT 434-972-4031
In summary, there were three hoax devices found at Henley Middle School as well as one hoax
device at Brownsville ES. There was also a written threat in a note at Henley MS.
Police Chief John Miller credited the involvement of the community with providing leads that
assisted detectives in quickly making the arrests. "Due to the cooperative efforts of the
community, schools and commonwealth attorney's office together with the Police
Department, the threat was immediately recognized and the investigation was resolved
quickly and successfully" said Miller. " We have done and continue to do everything that we
can do to ensure the safety of our schools, students and community."
"We share in the community's frustration when these events occur and I'm pleased the Police
Department brought this investigation to closure so quickly with the cooperation of the
Commonwealth Attorney's Office. By working cooperatively, we were able to very quickly get
our schools back to our important daily work of teaching and learning," said Dr. Pamela
Moran, superintendent of Albemarle County Public Schools.
This investigation is still ongoing . Any further questions concerning this incident or these
arrests should be directed to the Albemarle County Commonwealth Attorney's Office. If
anyone has information about this case, they are asked to contact the Albemarle County
Police Department at 296-5807.
Lieutenant John R. Teixeira
Thursday, March 29, 2007
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