Illinois Teacher Accused of Making Bomb Threat

As of Tuesday, May 6, a special education teacher suspected of issuing bomb threats to her school is set to be evaluated for competency, pending a federal judge's decision. Allegedly, this high school teacher had left the following printed note in the restroom last week: "This school is going down today. KABOOM!!!!!!!!!!! I'm tired of all the people here. Everyone is going down…So long and GOOD-BYE!!!!!!!!!"

The more than 100 students were evacuated from the school and a bomb search was started. But investigators and explosive-detecting dogs alike could not find any sign of a bomb. The 36-year-old suspect was arrested the following day by Calhoun County officials and is currently in federal custody, according to an AP report. She has been charged with falsely making a terrorist threat.

According to federal prosecutors, she has a trail of violent threats on her record, and they are asking for a psychiatric test, something that a U.S. magistrate has to agree to. The judge's decision will likely come in the next few days. As for the contention that these tests may be necessary because of the suspect's history, court documents show that the suspect was accused of issuing violent threats in both 2005 and 2006. She faced misdemeanor two charges of telephone harassment in 2008, charges that were dropped by prosecutors.

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