The threat was written on the bathroom wall and surrounded by swastikas.

HOLIDAY – A 12-year-old student at Paul R. Smith Middle School was arrested after he wrote a bomb threat on a bathroom wall at the school, according to the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office.

The boy was charged with one count of making a False Report About Planting a Bomb/Explosive. The boy did not meet the criteria for the Youth Diversion program, so he was taken to the Juvenile Assessment Center.

The incident happened about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday (May 22) at Paul R. Smith in Holiday.

Deputies said the boy told several students that a bomb threat was written on the wall in a bathroom at the school. The threat – about the placing of a bomb – was surrounded by drawings of swastikas.

The students told a deputy that, after seeing the threat, they were afraid of being hurt.

The boy admitted to deputies that he had written the threat to scare other students. Deputies said he told the he had no intention of bombing the school and didn’t have the ability to do so. He also admitted he planned to lie to school staff that he had seen other students write the threat so he could get his classmates in trouble.

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