An arrest is made in connection to Wednesday's bomb threat at the west campus of Doniphan County's Riverside School District, in Wathena.
Wathena Police Chief Raymond Hall says a 16-year-old student is now in custody, arrested Friday morning after tips received led to the teenager.
No other details about the suspect are yet made public.
Hall says the bomb threat was discovered around 11:30 Wednesday morning(Play Audio :14 seconds)
Believed to be a “credible threat,” school administrators evacuated students, and canceled classes while local authorities were joined by the Kansas Highway Patrol in searching school facilities with assistance from the state agency's explosives sniffing dog.
No bomb was found.
The teenaged suspect has been released to Doniphan County juvnile authorities, and faces charges for aggravated criminal threat.