- Jackson County Sheriff’s Office says it has identified a suspect in Florida who was calling in false threats to Jackson-area institutions, triggering police responses.
- Area schools and a doctor’s office were targeted, as well as institutions in California and Arizona, says the Sheriff’s Office.
- The suspect was impersonating a former student of Grass Lake Schools.
- WATCH THE VIDEO for Undersheriff Christopher Simpson’s and Grass Lake Superintendent Nick Angel’s remarks.
(The following is a transcription of the full broadcast story)
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office says it has cracked a case of “SWATTING” that triggered police responses to multiple Jackson County locations.
Grass Lake Superintendent Nick Angel says it started with an email: “…a potential bomb threat over on our school premises that named one of our former students as the initiator of the email.”
Officials say it was one of many similar reports not just in Michigan, but around the country…