A number of bomb threats have plagued Licking County, although most occurred primarily in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
June 1989
A bomb threat was issued during the graduation ceremony of Newark High School on June 4th, 1989, which delayed the ceremony for almost two hours while a bomb detection team from Wright Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, searched the field for suspected explosive devices.
[1] Two devices, which may have been bombs or firebombs, were found and disarmed Sunday morning. The first device was found in a trash can near the Jimmy Allen Gymnasium, and was disarmed by the Columbus Fire Department bomb squad. Another device was found Sunday morning on White Field buried near the west goal post on the football field. Two teens Kevin Kulow, 17, and Christopher Francis, 16, were charged with delinquency counts of criminal mischief and inducing panic. The devices were tested and were found to contain incendiary components, only smoke. Kulow was a member of the graduating class.
[2]
- ↑ Pettit-West, D., & House, K. (1989, June 5). 'Bombs' delay NHS ceremony. The Newark Advocate.
- ↑ Pettit-West, D. (1989, June 13). Two charged in graduation incident. The Newark Advocate.
