Latest Bomb Threat Comes As Legislation Signed Into Law

BERLIN – Legislation passed this month in Annapolis will allow law enforcement agencies to prosecute those charged with making bomb threats in the area they targeted.

The new law, which goes into effect Oct. 1, will allow suspects to be prosecuted in the jurisdiction in which the bomb was rumored to be located, regardless of where they were when they made the threatening call. The legislation, introduced as HB 121 by Delegate Mary Beth Carozza (District 38C), comes in response to the slew of false bomb threats area schools experienced early this year. Just this week, Showell Elementary School was evacuated following a bomb threat.

“I am grateful to the local community for their strong support and powerful testimony that led to the passage of HB 121 this legislative session,” Carozza said.

She introduced the bill in January after area schools were among those throughout the country that received numerous false bomb threats in a period of weeks.

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