HOLTWOOD, Pa. — A substitute teacher's aide at Martic Elementary has been accused of making threatening phone calls to the school last month, causing the school to be placed on lockdown, according to State Police.
Naomi Wenger, 20, of Lancaster, was working in the building at the time the phone calls were made on the afternoon of Feb. 23, a State Police investigation determined.
Wenger allegedly called the school three times. During one call, she allegedly threatened to "shoot up" the school, police said.
The calls caused school officials to place the building on lockdown, cancel all after-school activities on Feb. 23 and to cancel classes on Feb. 24, police said.
According to police, investigators checked phone records from the school's telephone provider to determine that one phone number had called the school during the timeframe that the threats were made.
Further investigation determined the phone number belonged to Wenger, who was working as a substitute teacher's aide for IU13 students in the building and was present on the day the threatening calls were made.
Wenger later admitted to making the calls, saying she searched for how to block her phone number prior to calling the school.
Police did not say whether Wenger told investigators her motive for making the calls.
Wenger was working in the school for the first time on the day the calls were made, police said.
Martic Elementary School, located in Holtwood, is part of the Penn Manor School District.
Wenger was charged Thursday with terroristic threats, criminal use of a communication facility, and obstructing administration of law or other government function.
She was arraigned before Magisterial District Judge Stuart J. Mylin on Thursday, police said.
