Three teenagers, all Williamsville North High School students, have been arrested in connection to a bomb threat at the school on Tuesday.
Amherst Police responded to Williamsville North High School shortly after 11 am on Tuesday to investigate a threat made against the school. Officers searched the school while staff and students "sheltered in place". Nothing suspicious was found.
On Wednesday, police announced that 3 students had been charged with making a terroristic threat.
A 14 year old student and a 15 year old student were petitioned to Erie County Family Court and a third student, a 16 year old, was charged as an adolescent offender and appeared in the Youth Part of Erie County Court.
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