Thursday morning, at approximately 8:40an, Henderson County deputies responded to a bomb threat at West Henderson High School.
The bomb threat came in by a twitter text to the West Henderson High School’s official a twitter account page. The school was evacuated and officers began a safety sweep of the property and buildings.
During the course of the investigation, investigators identified a person of interest and subsequently arrested Carson Riley Lance age 16 of Mills River, a West High student, on one felony count of making a False Bomb Report on a Public Building.
A backpack was located at the school belonging to the student and x-rays of this backpack were inconclusive as to its actual contents. After an alert by a bomb detection K-9 on the backpack and following FBI protocols, bomb technicians from the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office disrupted the backpack with high-pressure water. No bomb or explosive devices were detected when the backpack was opened. School administrators and law enforcement officials then gave the “all clear” for students to return to classes. That was aboiut2pm Thursday afternoon.
Lance has been released on a $2000 secured bond and will have his first court appearance in District Court of Henderson County Friday at 9am.
