Two Students Charged With Felony After Filling Lockers With Alarm Clocks
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Some senior pranks are harmless, stupid fun. Others will get you arrested on felony charges of “perpetrating a hoax by use of false bomb or other device in a public building.”
Yesterday morning, as part of their senior prank, Shannon Marie Farrell,18, and Lekia Hall,18, reportedly set several alarm clocks to different times and then locked them in unused lockers at South Iredell High School in Statesville, North Carolina.
After hearing ticking sounds and noticing that the locker’s zip-ties had been replaced with actual locks, a school administrator called 911. Law enforcement officers—including officers from Iredell County Sheriff’s Office, the N.C. Highway Patrol, and local EMS and fire stations —quickly swarmed the building and evacuated its more than 1,500 students and 200 employees to the football field.
The perpetrators, who apparently had sent out emails about the pranks several days prior, were quickly identified and questioned. From the Statesville Record & Landmark:
Dan Farrell, speaking near the school, said he received a call from his younger daughter Tuesday morning. He said she told him her sister was being questioned and the school had been evacuated.
He said he heard about the plans to bring alarm clocks to school several days ago. “I thought it was a pretty funny thing,” Farrell said.
Troutman Police Chief Matthew Selves, however, did not think the prank was a pretty funny thing. From the Record & Landmark:
Selves said a lot of resources were tied up for about two hours until a bomb-sniffing dog made a sweep through the school and word of the planned prank began to make its way to investigators.
He said the whole situation could have been avoided if any of those who knew of the planned prank had alerted an official ahead of time.
If convicted, Farrell and Hall could be sentenced to four to 25 months in prison. The prank is the second this week that’s ended with the arrest of students. At least America’s teens are focusing on something, for once.
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Arrested for what?
Never claimed it was a bomb
Never presented as a bomb
Never made any threats
It was clear it was a harmless prank
I don't see the issue
People act dumb as ? . -
is they black ?
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That pic though. Looks vibrant, happy and uber white
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Lord.
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They gon drop the charges more likely than not, that's sum "oooh the nerve of these kids I got sumthing for yo ass charges"
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TheEyeronic1 wrote: »lol it was all good til that felony charge came.
aint so funny now.
YOu can apply this ? to anything. Still dont make it right to charge them.
"Putting that "Kick Me" sign on his best friend was all good until he was charged with inciting bullying..."
? was a good (and harmless) prank. Why the ? are cops involved in this other than we live in an overly policed country now? -
That's a good prank tho
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Waste of time and money charging them....make them clean the school for part of the summer...that should be severe as the punishment gets....
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judging from his post, we all know who was the school lame @TheEyeronic1
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It shouldn't be a felony but definitely some dumb ? .
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Give them crackas the maximum sentence
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? was a good prank
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bununs alias wrote: »is they black ?
Nah, or else their mugshots would've been posted.
Besides, black kids ain't got enough time on their hands to do some silly ? like that. We don't care about ? like that, we're too busy trying to get out that ? . -
TheEyeronic1 wrote: »yellowtapesport wrote: »? was a good prank
it was a dope prank. i never denied that.
but theres consequences to ? .
Should there be consequences to a senior 'prank' tho??? -
bununs alias wrote: »is they black ?
I'm sure Lekia is. -
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Black_Samson wrote: »This was a waste of tax payer money.
The families should have to pay for the deployment of the swat team, eod and the dog... thats it.
Thats a good enough punishment.
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