Guilty! Michelle L. Smith, Hardin, Illinois (arrested Apr 2014) [bomb threat]

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Michelle L. Smith (Jerseyville, Illinois), 36, special education teacher at Calhoun High School, Calhoun Community Unit School District 40, Hardin, Illinois, "allegedly left a note in a school bathroom indicating there was a bomb on campus"

This school is going down today. KABOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Im tired of all the people here. Everyone is going down, the school will b n flames. It is so stupid here. I cant take it ne more. The teachers suck and don't do ne thing to help u. All that matters is what ur name is. If I had certain names I would not have the truble I do. Don't matter, this place sucks and will not be here for long. So long and GOOD-BYE!!!!!!!!!​

Accorint to the Telegraph, she's had prior issues:

Authorities have not said what may have prompted the alleged threat. Federal prosecutors alleged in their motion for competency testing that Smith had threatened violence in 2005 and 2006. Online court records show Smith was charged with two misdemeanor counts of telephone harassment in 2008 in Jersey County, but prosecutors later dropped those cases.

Calhoun County teacher charged with making bomb threat

Michelle Smith, of Jerseyville, Ill., was charged Thursday with falsely making a terrorist threat. According to court documents, someone was inside a Calhoun County High School bathroom around 1 p.m. Wednesday when they found a typed letter stating a bomb was inside the school.

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Teacher Charged in Bomb Threat

Michelle L. Smith of Jerseyville was arrested Tuesday. Smith is being held in federal custody without bond, charged with Conveying a False Threat. The federal charges carry a maximum penalty of 5 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

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Teacher arrested for calling in bomb threat

According to Captain James Morrissey of the Illinois State Police, a typed letter was located in a bathroom at Calhoun County High School on the afternoon of April 28. A computer-generated note was found in the ladies' restroom, according to court documents ... Students and faculty were evacuated from the school and several law enforcement agencies responded to search the campus. No explosives were discovered. Investigators arrested Michelle Smith on April 29, charging her with falsely making a terrorist threat and a felony charge of conveying a false threat.

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Teacher allegedly threatens bombing at her own school, police say

Illinois State Police say 36-year-old Michelle L. Smith of Jerseyville is charged in Calhoun County with falsely making a terrorist threat. Authorities accuse Smith of leaving a typed letter in a Calhoun County High School bathroom Monday. Police say the note indicated a bomb had been placed in the Hardin school, which was evacuated. No explosive device was found. Smith was arrested the next day.

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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/05/0...reatens-bombing-at-her-own-school-police-say/

 

Southern Illinois teacher accused of making bomb threat at her high school

Authorities say Smith left a computer-generated note April 28 in a restroom at the Calhoun County High School in Hardin, a 1,000-resident town near the Mississippi River about 40 miles northwest of St. Louis ... The letter's discovery prompted an evacuation of the roughly 170-student school, but a search turned up no bomb. Smith was arrested the next day.

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Illinois teacher accused of bomb threat at own school

(AP) — A western Illinois high school special education teacher is jailed on $500,000 bond and on paid ... Smith of Jerseyville is charged in Calhoun County with falsely making a terrorist threat. Authorities accuse Smith of leaving a typed letter ...

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Illinois Teacher Accused Of In-School Bomb Threat

(AP) — A western Illinois high school special education teacher is jailed on $500,000 bond and on paid ... Smith of Jerseyville is charged in Calhoun County with falsely making a terrorist threat. Authorities accuse Smith of leaving a typed letter ...

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Teacher charged in bomb threat at Calhoun High School

Calhoun County States Attorney Rick Ringhausen charged Michelle L. Smith, 36, of Jerseyville on Thursday with falsely making a terrorist threat. Smith has been held in the Jersey County jail since Tuesday after Monday’s incident. Bail has been set at $500,000.

The Calhoun County Sheriff’s Department was notified at approximately 1 p.m. Monday of a typed letter found inside the high school stating that there was a bomb in the building. The school was immediately evacuated and placed on lockdown.

The Illinois Secretary of State Bomb Squad, Secretary of State Capitol Police force, Illinois State Police, Illinois Department of Natural Resources and the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Department worked together to conduct a systematic search of the building, and the search yielded no bomb devices.​

This is not the first time she's been in trouble:

According to online court documents, Smith was charged with harassment by telephone, a Class A Misdemeanor, twice between Dec. 31, 2007, and Jan. 28, 2008.​

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Special-education teacher arrested for 'threatening to BOMB her own high school'

Illinois State Police say 36-year-old Michelle Smith, of Jerseyville, is charged in Calhoun County with falsely making a terrorist threat. Authorities accuse Smith of leaving a typed letter in a Calhoun County High School bathroom Monday. Police say the note indicated a bomb had been placed in the Hardin school, which was evacuated. No explosive device was found. Smith was arrested the next day. She is being held on $500,000 bail.

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Teacher held on bomb threat charge

Illinois State Police say Michelle L. Smith, 36, of Jerseyville was charged in Calhoun County with falsely making a terrorist threat, and her bond was set at $500,000. But then federal prosecutors charged her with conveying a false threat, and she was taken into federal custody, where she was held without bail. Authorities accuse Smith of leaving a computer-generated letter Monday in a ladies' bathroom at the roughly 170-student Calhoun County High School in Hardin, a 1,000-resident village near the Mississippi River, about 40 miles northwest of St. Louis.

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http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20140501/news/140509785/

Illinois teacher jailed after bomb threat charge

ST. LOUIS (AP) - A western Illinois special-education teacher is accused in state and federal courts of making a bomb threat that forced the evacuation of her school. Calhoun County prosecutors charged 36-year-old Michelle Smith of Jerseyville with falsely ...

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Illinois teacher jailed after bomb threat charge

ST. LOUIS – A western Illinois special-education teacher is accused in state and federal courts of making a bomb threat that forced the evacuation of her school. Calhoun County prosecutors charged 36-year-old Michelle Smith of Jerseyville with falsely ...

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Teacher's Alleged Bomb Threat: 'This School Is Going Down Today. KABOOM!'

Michelle Smith, 36, was charged on Tuesday with falsely making a terrorist threat, prosecutors told the Alton Telegraph. Calhoun High School was evacuated Monday following the discovery of a typed note in the women's restroom ... Police accompanied by bomb-sniffing dogs did not find any explosives when they searched the school.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/02/teacher-bomb-threat-michelle-smith_n_5252963.html

 

Teacher Arrested After Alleged Bomb Threat

An Illinois high school teacher is behind bars accused of threatening to blow up her school! Illinois State Police say 36-year-old Michelle L. Smith of Jerseyville is charged in Calhoun County with falsely making a terrorist threat. Authorities say Smith left a typed letter in a Calhoun County High School bathroom last Monday. The indicated a bomb had been placed in the Hardin School.

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Illinois teacher left note: school 'will b n flames,' officials say

A threatening note found at an Illinois high school this week, reading “this school is going down today,” was left by one of the teachers, federal and state authorities alleged. Michelle Lynn Smith, 36, is accused in federal court of typing a letter that said, “KABOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Im tired of all the people here. Everyone is going down, the school will b n flames.” Smith, a teacher at Calhoun County High School in Hardin, was being held without bond on a charge of conveying a false threat. She’s scheduled to appear in court Monday for a detention hearing. If convicted, she ...

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Illinois teacher left note: school 'will b n flames,' officials say

A threatening note found at an Illinois high school this week, reading “this school is going down today,” was left by one of the teachers, federal and state authorities alleged. Michelle Lynn Smith, 36, is accused in federal court of typing a letter that said, “KABOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Im tired of all the people here. Everyone is going down, the school will b n flames.” Smith, a teacher at Calhoun County High School in Hardin, was being held without bond on a charge of conveying a false threat. She’s scheduled to appear in court Monday for a detention hearing. If convicted, she ...

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Teacher charged in bomb threat at Calhoun High School

Calhoun County States Attorney Rick Ringhausen charged Michelle L. Smith, 36, of Jerseyville on Thursday with falsely making a terrorist threat. Smith has been held in the Jersey County jail since Tuesday after Monday’s incident. Bail has been set at $500,000 ... The Illinois Secretary of State Bomb Squad, Secretary of State Capitol Police force, Illinois State Police, Illinois Department of Natural Resources and the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Department worked together to conduct a systematic search of the building, and the search yielded no bomb devices.

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Teacher charged in bomb threat at Calhoun High School

HARDIN — A Calhoun High School teacher is in custody as a result of a bomb threat that evacuated the school on Monday. Calhoun County States Attorney Rick Ringhausen charged Michelle L. Smith, 36, of Jerseyville on Thursday with falsely making a ...

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Teacher charged in bomb threat at Calhoun High School

HARDIN — A Calhoun High School teacher is in custody as a result of a bomb threat that evacuated the school on Monday. Calhoun County States Attorney Rick Ringhausen charged Michelle L. Smith, 36, of Jerseyville on Thursday with falsely making a ...

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http://durantdemocrat.com/apps/pbcs...0140501&category=news&lopenr=305019956&Ref=AR

Teacher charged in bomb threat at Calhoun High School

HARDIN — A Calhoun High School teacher is in custody as a result of a bomb threat that evacuated the school on Monday. Calhoun County States Attorney Rick Ringhausen charged Michelle L. Smith, 36, of Jerseyville on Thursday with falsely making a ...

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Teacher charged in bomb threat at Calhoun High School

HARDIN — A Calhoun High School teacher is in custody as a result of a bomb threat that evacuated the school on Monday. Calhoun County States Attorney Rick Ringhausen charged Michelle L. Smith, 36, of Jerseyville on Thursday with falsely making a ...

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Calhoun teacher charged with making bomb threat

Michelle Smith of Jerseyville faces a federal detention hearing. Police say she left a note last week indicating there was a bomb at Hardin High School. The letter said, “this school is going down today… Kaboom! I’m tired of all the people here. Everyone is going down… The school will be in flames.” The school was evacuated but the bomb squad found nothing.

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Teacher accused of bomb threat due in court

A Calhoun High School special education teacher accused of making a bomb threat at her own school has her first court appearance Monday. Police say 36-year-old Michelle Smith left a note in the girl's restroom last week – prompting an evacuation.

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Accused Teacher Due In Court

A special education teacher accused of threatening to blow up a local high school where she works is expected in federal court today. 36-year-old Michelle L. Smith of Jerseyville allegedly left the note last week in a bathroom at Calhoun High School in Hardin. The school was evacuated as a result of the threat. Bomb squads from the Illinois Capitol Police and the Illinois Secretary of State responded to the scene, but nothing suspicious was found at the school ...

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Calhoun teacher charged with making bomb threat

HARDIN, IL (KPLR) – A Calhoun County teacher being held without bond after being arrested for making a false bomb threat that forced the evacuation of the Hardin High School last Monday. 36-yar-old Michelle Smith will face a federal judge on Monday on ...​

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Judge: No bond for teacher accused of bomb threat

(AP) - A western Illinois high school special education teacher is in jail without bond after state ... April 28 note warned "this school is going down today. KABOOM!" Smith was arrested the next day. She's been placed on paid administrative leave.​

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Judge: No bond for western Illinois teacher accused of bomb threat at her high school

A western Illinois woman faces up to five years in federal prison after pleading guilty to threatening to blow up the high school where she taught special education. Michelle Lynn Smith, 36, of Jerseyville, pleaded guilty this week to a felony count of conveying a false threat. She remains jailed, pending her sentencing on Dec. 15.

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Judge: No bond for teacher accused of bomb threat

(AP) - A western Illinois high school special education teacher is in jail without bond after state ... April 28 note warned "this school is going down today. KABOOM!" Smith was arrested the next day. She's been placed on paid administrative leave.

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http://www.ksdk.com/story/news/loca...d-for-teacher-accused-of-bomb-threat/8758437/

 

Calhoun teacher held without bond

The Calhoun High School special education teacher accused of threatening to blow up her school is being held in jail without bond. U.S. Magistrate Judge Donald Wilkerson ordered Michelle L. Smith’s pretrial detention during her court appearance Monday in East St. Louis. Federal prosecutors have requested to have Smith jailed without bond pending any trial on a felony count of conveying a false threat, calling the Jerseyville woman a danger to the community and herself.

Citing her history of threatening behavior, prosecutors are also seeking competency testing of Smith, according to a report from The Associated Press. Wilkerson’s rulings on those matters were expected within days, the AP report said.​

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http://www.thetelegraph.com/news/news/1309153/Calhoun-teacher-held-without-bond