Jail Time For Making Homecoming Bomb Threat

A judge called Nicholas Olson's bomb threat a "terroristic act" and sentenced him to spend time in the House of Correction, against the prosecutor's recommendation for probation.

Calling the bomb threat a student made to disrupt Greendale's homecoming festivities a "terroristic act," a Milwaukee County judge said he couldn't let the teenage boy off without jail time. Nicholas Olson, 17, was a senior at Greendale High School when he made a bomb threat during homecoming week. He was trying to get the dance called off, after he had been voted onto homecoming court as a prank.  Prosecutors had recommended Nicholas Olson, 17, serve only probation and pay restitution to the Greendale School District, a sentence Olson's attorney also supported. Judge Daniel Konkol didn't agree, and sentenced Olson to serve one week in the House of Correction as well as the year of probation. Konkol said things like Olson's threatening …

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