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02/08/2012 11:15 AM

Two arrested for Baldwinsville bomb threat

By: Web Staff

Frank Burgess, 51
Frank Burgess, 51

ONONDAGA COUNTY, N.Y. -- Police arrested a Staten Island man and a Baldwinsville teenager in connection with a recent bomb threat at Baker High School.

According to investigators, the 15-year-old girl was on a chat line with Frank Burgess, 51, the morning of January 17th when the teen made a three-way call to the school and the threat was made. Police responded to the school and students were evacuated as a precaution.

Both Burgess and the teen are charged with falsely reporting an incident.

Burgess was arraigned and sent to the Onondaga County Justice Center on $100,000 bail. The teen was released into the custody of her parents, and the case will be referred to family court.