BY ANDREA TORTORA
The Cincinnati Enquirer
NEWPORT -- A 14-year-old Highlands Middle School student pleaded guilty to menacing Friday for writing a threatening note to a teacher.
The student, who is not being identified because he is a juvenile, was in the juvenile division of Campbell Juvenile Court for his arraignment on an original misdemeanor charge of terroristic threatening.
That charge was amended to the lesser misdemeanor, Campbell District Judge Mickey Foellger said Friday.
The boy was arrested May 27 after leaving a note for a teacher who disciplined him in class. The note said, "I'm going to bomb your car and if that doesn't work I'll shoot you."
School officials contacted the Fort Thomas Police, who arrested the boy at his home. He spent at least one night at the Mason County detention center, where juvenile boys are often housed.
Judge Foellger said the student wrote a letter of apology to the teacher.
The student, who is expected to attend Highlands High School next year, was also ordered to have no contact with the teacher. The case will be back in juvenile court in three weeks.
Because it was so close to the end of the school year when the incident occurred, the student was not expelled, Superintendent Larry Stinson said.
Expulsions and suspension can last only through the end of the year. Classes ended in Fort Thomas last week. "I'm going to bomb your car and if that doesn't work I'll shoot you.' -- note left by student on teacher's car
