A 16-year-old girl from London, Ontario has been arrested in connection with a bomb threat against Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) last week.
At around 11:15 a.m. last Tuesday (October 31), Peterborough police were informed by PRHC that the hospital had received several threatening phone calls, including one about a bomb threat.
As part of the PRHC’s emergency procedure, the hospital immediately declared a “code black” — an emergency code in response to a bomb threat — and initiated a perimeter lockdown.
Through an investigation, police determined the threat was not credible and was being made by a person in another community. However, in accordance with PRHC’s policy, Peterborough police and hospital security conducted a safety search of the building, and it was cleared several hours later.
On Friday (November 3), police officers in London executed a warrant on behalf of Peterborough police and arrested a 16-year-old girl, who has been charged with uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm.
The accused teenager was released on an undertaking and is scheduled to appear in court on November 27.
