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Hazel Park junior high teacher sentenced for bomb threat

CBS News Detroit Digital Brief for May 24, 2023
CBS News Detroit Digital Brief for May 24, 2023 03:14
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Paul Jacobs, 40, of Livonia. Hazel Park Police Department

HAZEL PARK, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) - A Hazel Park Junior High School teacher has been sentenced to 14 days in jail and two years probation for failing to report a bomb threat. 

Paul Jacobs, 40, of Livonia, was charged with a misdemeanor count of making an intentional threat to commit acts of violence against a school, school employees or students.

According to the Hazel Park Police Department, after the school day was over on Feb. 2, a staff member found a piece of paper that said the school would be blown up the next day. 

School officials and police began investigating and discovered a teacher, Jacobs, knew about the note and did not report it.

Jacobs allegedly displayed the note so other people would find it.  

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