MH TEEN BOMB 10/1212 6:30a DMF

A 15 YEAR OLD MORGAN HILL TEEN WAS THE CENTER OF AN EVACUATION AND ROAD CLOSURES IN SAN JOSE. ON WEDNESDAY THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOMB SQUAD RESPONDED TO REPORTS OF A SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE ON A BUS IN THE AREA OF MONTEREY HIGHWAY AND CAPITAL EXPRESSWAY IN SAN JOSE. INVESTIGATORS USED X-RAY EQUIPMENT TO DETERMINE THAT THE PACKAGE WAS EMPTY AND DID NOT CONTAIN EXPLOSIVE DEVICES… NOT BEFORE THE BUS WAS FULLY EVACUATED. FOLLOWING UP ON THE CASE THURSDAY, INVESTIGATORS DETERMINED THE SUSPECT WAS A 15-YEAR OLD MORGAN HILL TEEN, WHO WAS CONTACTED AND ADMITTED TO PLACING THE PACKAGE ON THE BUS AND WRITING THE WORD “BOMB” ON IT. THE TEEN WAS CITED FOR REPORTING A FALSE BOMB, A MISDEMEANOR AND WAS RELEASED TO HIS PARENTS.