- November 7, 2024
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Two boys have been charged in connection with a bomb threat made against Bunnell Elementary School and an apparent plot against Flagler Palm Coast High School, according to a Flagler County Sheriff's Office news release.
Authorities discovered alleged the threats against the two schools Sept. 7 after an emailed bomb threat was sent to Bunnell Elementary School from a student's email account. That threat turned out to be unfounded, but six boys were pulled out of school as school officials and Sheriff's Office detectives discovered what seemed to be a separate plot against Flagler Palm Coast High School.
The six students have been barred from campus since Sept. 7 as detectives investigated the boys' computers with the help of computer forensics investigators from the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office.
The forensic analysis yielded 32,000 personal chat messages for detectives to read, according to the Sheriff's Office news release.
Detectives have forwarded to the State Attorney's Office charges against two students for false reporting of a bomb, and have also forwarded charges against one of those two students for making written threats. Both charges are felonies.
All six boys are still out of school on an indefinite "administrative excusal" as the school district holds its own investigation on whether they should be permitted to return to campus, Flagler Schools spokesman Jason Wheeler said. The six boys are taking their classes online.
