An arrest has been made after faculty, students and parents were scared Friday by a bomb scare at Clark High School in Plano.[[326730831,R]]
Police said a 911 call came from the school on Spring Creek Parkway at about 11:30 a.m.
“It came from a cellphone at this location, indicting there was someone inside the school with a weapon and possibly a bomb,” said Plano Officer David Tilley.
The school was placed on lockdown. Frantic parents arrived at the front door after receiving social media alerts from the school and messages from students.
“I dropped everything I was doing," parent Terri Anderson said. I think I was probably one of the first parents here."
Anderson's son, 10th grader Blaizhaan Anderson, said his mom was crying when he spoke to her on the phone.
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“She called my dad. My dad was telling me stay strong, pray to God, hopefully everything will turn out ok,” he said.
Carol Benoit said her daughter, 10th grader Megan, texted as the lockdown began.
“’If anything happens to me, I want you to know, I love you.’ I mean, it's a text. So, I'm just glad that it was a hoax,” she said.
Police brought in bomb-sniffing dogs and searched the building twice, but found no weapons or bombs and the lockdown ended at about 1:30 p.m.
Tilley said the phone used to make the call was reported stolen earlier in the week.
On Sunday morning, Plano police detectives identified and arrested a juvenile in connection to the threat. Police said the person was charged with "False Alarm/Report Emergency Involving Public School."
The juvenile's identity has not yet been released.
“These kinds of things are never funny,” Tilley said. “They create a lot of panic in the community.”
Even after the threat was resolved, some parents took students home as soon as the lockdown was lifted.
“She’ll be at school on Monday, but for today I want her home with me,” Benoit said.
