UPDATE @ 3:00 p.m.:
Belleville Police say a 13 year-old boy has been arrested in connection with the bomb threats in the city over the past 24 hours.
The Belleville Police Emergency Response Team entered a west-end home today and arrested the boy who can’t be named, under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
He’s charged with four counts each of mischief and uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm and was held for a bail hearing tomorrow.
Belleville Police say they don’t believe there is any further risk to public safety.
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UPDATE @ 2:05 p.m.:
Belleville Police say an arrest has been made in connection to a string of bomb threats in the city over the past 24 hours.
Sgt. Brad Lentini tells Quinte News a young person was arrested Friday afternoon at a west-end Belleville home, but no further details were immediately available.
The arrest follows threats that caused lockdowns at Centennial Secondary School and surrounding buildings on Thursday, along with another pair of threats this Friday morning, which led to the high school being shut down for the day.
Lentini didn’t have specific details on charges, but says the specifics will likely be released by tomorrow morning.
The suspect is set to appear in Belleville court tomorrow as well.
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Belleville’s Centennial Secondary School has been closed for the day following a string of bomb threats in the city.
A Belleville Police official tells Quinte News there have been five such threats over the past 24 hours.
The high school and neighbouring Sir John A Macdonald School were locked down around 1:00 p.m. yesterday following the first threat, with police saying two more similar threats were made around 5:00 p.m.
Police say all of those were unfounded.
Then this morning, police say two more threats were made around 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m., leading to the decision to close the school.
The Hastings Prince Edward School Board says students at Sir John A. Macdonald are not affected today.
The police investigation into all of the threats continues.
