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Boyd County Student Arrested For Posting Bomb Threat On Facebook

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A Boyd County, Kentucky, teenager is facing charges after a bomb threat was posted on Facebook.

WOWK reports that the 15-year-old boy was arrested on Jan. 21, in Westwood, Kentucky. Investigators say school officials received an anonymous tip about a threat to blow up Fairview High School.

The teen is being held in a juvenile detention center on first degree terroristic threatening.

The threat was investigated by Boyd County Sheriff’s Deputies, Ashland Police, Kentucky State Police.