Boy, 11, warned after leaving threatening voicemail at Guelph elementary school
'Officers spoke to the child and his mother to explain the seriousness of his actions,' police say
An 11-year-old boy in Guelph has been warned by police after leaving a threatening voicemail to an elementary school in the city last week.
Police were called to Waverley Drive Public School Friday morning after staff reported the threat left on the voicemail overnight. Students and staff were moved to another nearby school for the day.
The canine unit from the Waterloo Regional Police Service helped search the school and Guelph police said in the early afternoon that nothing suspicious had been found.
Officers investigated and found the call came from a phone belonging to a teenager. The teen told police his family had been visiting friends the previous evening.
"While the teen was playing video games, he heard an 11-year-old boy leaving the message from the teen's phone. The child then asked if it was possible to retrieve and delete the voicemail," police said in a release Monday morning.
"Officers spoke to the child and his mother to explain the seriousness of his actions. Due to his age no charges will be laid."
The call came less than a month after a bomb threat was made against John F. Ross Secondary School in Guelph, shutting the school down for the day.
In that case, a 14-year-old from Guelph has been charged with public mischief and two counts of uttering threats.