A local teen had a visit from police after Prince George RCMP responded to a bomb threat at a restaurant on the 6400 block of the Hart Highway shortly after 11 p.m. on Thursday, Jan 23.
Restaurant staff told police that a caller had threatened to “blow the place up.”
Staff quickly evacuated the restaurant and waited for police to arrive. Officers searching the building determined the call was a hoax after finding nothing suspicious left inside or outside of the restaurant.
“Through the ensuing investigation, police identified a 14-year-old Prince George resident as the caller,” states Corporal Jennifer Cooper, media relations officer for the Prince George RCMP. “Investigators attended the youth’s home and spoke with him and his guardians, where the youth admitted to making the prank call. The youth is not known to police and this investigation will be referred to our Restorative Justice unit for resolution.”
The RCMP reminds the public that it is an offense to utter a false bomb threat.
A person is found to be making false bomb threats they could be charged with uttering threats and/or mischief.
