Bomb threat leads to arrest

BY JIM MUSTIAN
THE DAILY IBERIAN
Published/Last Modified on Wednesday, January 14, 2009 2:08 PM CST

FRANKLIN — A Franklin teenager remained behind bars Tuesday for a bomb threat police say he made from his cell phone on Saturday.

Marcus Da’juan Parker, 17, was arrested Saturday evening after Franklin Police traced a bomb threat directed at Franklin Senior High to the teenager’s cell phone, said Police Chief Sabria McGuire.

“We were told we had 10 minutes to get there,” McGuire said.

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McGuire said the police department received the threat around 6 p.m. Saturday when the campus was empty and no events were scheduled. She said no evidence of any bomb was discovered after a search.

“Through investigation, we were able to determine who made the call and from which cell phone,” McGuire said. “No one was there so that made it a lot easier.”

Parker was charged with one count of communicating false information of planned bombing on school.

He is being held in the Franklin City Jail on $7,500 bond.

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