Illinois State Police say Michelle L. Smith, 36, of Jerseyville was charged in Calhoun County with falsely making a terrorist threat, and her bond was set at $500,000. But then federal prosecutors charged her with conveying a false threat, and she was taken into federal custody, where she was held without bail.
Authorities accuse Smith of leaving a computer-generated letter Monday in a ladies’ bathroom at the roughly 170-student Calhoun County High School in Hardin, a 1,000-resident village near the Mississippi River, about 40 miles northwest of St. Louis.
“This school is going down today. KABOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” the note said, according to federal court filings. “I’m tired of all the people here. Everyone is going down … So long and GOOD-BYE!!!!!!!!!”
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