School bomb threat suspect identified

Coeur d'Alene Police believe a 16-year-old male Lake City High School student made the bomb threat that closed the school Sept. 26. According to a press release issued this afternoon, a criminal charge of false bomb report could be pursued by the county prosecutor's office. The boy is not being named because he's a minor.

According to the press release, Officer Andy Sterling studied surveillance videotape and interviewed several LCHS students. Friends of the suspect said he left a note about a bomb so he could get out of math class.

Police hope to recover personnel expenses from the cost of responding to the threat and evacuating the school.