Teens charged with making bomb threat

Thursday, Oct. 25, 2005

By Marcie Young
Charlotte Observer Staff Writer

Two Catawba County teenagers were charged Wednesday with making a bomb threat at their high school, authorities said Thursday.

Brett Aaron Lytton, 16, and Spencer Logan Belair, 17, were charged Wednesday afternoon after school officials found two teenagers in a boys' bathroom at Bandys High School, Reid said.

One of the teens was writing a threat on the bathroom wall, Reid said, while the other watched to make sure no one walked in.

Lytton and Belair were charged with making a false bomb report, which is a felony. No bomb was found.

Bandys High School has initially suspended the teens for 10 days, said Catawba County Public Schools spokeswoman Carleen Crawford, and Superintendent Tim Markley will decide if the students will be suspended for longer.

Markley could not be reached Thursday but has said he'll impose the maximum penalty -- a year-long suspension -- for students caught making bomb reports, Crawford said.

"We take these bomb threats or copycat bomb threats very seriously," Crawford said.

Lytton and Belair were released to their parents' custody on $1,500 bonds.

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