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The Sierra Vista Police Department arrested a 16-year-old student on charges that he made a bomb threat to Buena High School.

The threat was written on a bathroom wall at the school on Tuesday, according to a news release from the Sierra Vista agency.

The department's school resource officer worked with school officials to determine the identity of the person who wrote the threat, the police department said.

After developing leads, officers were able to gather enough information to arrest the male student on Wednesday morning.

Officers searched the teen's house and did not find any evidence that he was actually intending to place an explosive device at the school.

The teen is facing three felonies including two counts of disrupting an educational facility, and one count of conducting a hoax.

His name was not released.


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