Teenager Arrested For Alleged Prom Threats
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MURPHYSBORO, Ill. — A teenager was in jail yesterday after police said he threatened to shoot people at a high school prom.
Shane Bramlett, 18, of Ava, left a message on his ex-girlfriend’s cell phone threatening an attack at the Murphysboro High School prom in southern Illinois, Murphysboro police officer Jeremy Kranawetter said. Police said they also listened in on a conversation between the two in which Mr. Bramlett made a similar threat.
The school’s prom was held without incident Saturday at the Carbondale Convention Center amid extra security.
Mr. Kranawetter said police didn’t know if Mr. Bramlett attended the school.
Relatives of Mr. Bramlett reached in Ava, 20 miles from Carbondale, declined to comment on the arrest.
Mr. Bramlett was arrested Saturday and charged with making a terrorist threat, intimidation, violating a protection order, and telephone harassment, police said yesterday. He was being held in lieu of $100,000 bail.
