ALARM CLOCK SENIOR PRANK CAUSES SCHOOL EVACUATION

Two South Iredell, North Carolina, High School seniors each face a felony charge after their senior prank led to the evacuation of the school. Shannon Marie Farrell and Lekia Hall came up with a great prank – placing alarm clocks in unused lockers and setting them to go off at different times. The
school, of course, panicked and called it a bomb scare. The two girls, both 18, were charged with perpetrating a hoax by use of false bomb or other device in a public building. Farrell’s father, Dan, had heard about the plans several days ago. “I thought it was a pretty funny thing,” Farrell said. Police Chief Matthew Selves said law enforcement was not amused. Selves said a lot of resources were tied up for about two hours until a bomb-sniffing dog made a sweep through the school and word of the planned prank began to make its way to investigators. He said the whole situation could have been avoided if any of those who knew of the planned prank had alerted an official ahead of time.
* Because that’s what you want to do with a prank – tell everybody about it beforehand.
* If only everyone hadn’t been so alarmed.
* “Law enforcement was not amused”? What are the odds?
* On the bright side, high schoolers everywhere can consider this … a wake-up call.
* A bomb scare? Maybe if there was just a ticking sound but I don’t think terrorists set an alarm clock.
* “Wake up everyone!” (Ka-boom.)
* Look at it as a chance to teach the kids about the dangers of overreacting.
* I’m not crazy about this, but it beats releasing the ladybugs in that school the other day.
* Frankly, this has been a down year for high school pranks. And maybe that’s a good thing.