Repeated bomb threats against NYC high school done to impress gamers, say investigators

May 23 2015 by Polygon

 

Bomb threats emptied out one high school three times over the past 10 days, and the teen arrested for making them apparently did so to impress friends he met playing games on Xbox Live, reports the Staten Island Advance.

Two other schools in the New York City borough also were evacuated on Tuesday, though authorities aren't yet sure if the same suspect is behind those as well.

The Advance reports that the teenaged suspect, arrested Tuesday, "was egged on by his online friends, whom...

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