Crime & Safety
Boy Allegedly Threatens Emmaus Girl with Pocket Knife
Incident stems from vandalism to school bus seat, police say.
An Emmaus teen was threatened Wednesday by a boy with a pocket knife on an East Penn School District bus, according to state police at Fogelsville.
The 12-year-old boy from Macungie was cutting a bus seat with the knife about 7:45 a.m., police said. The First Student bus was transporting students to Lower Macungie Middle School. The boy threatened to harm the 13-year-old girl if she told of the incident.
School officials immediately removed the knife from the boy, police said, and there is no indication that anyone was hurt. No charges were indicated, but a report notes that the investigation is continuing.
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The incident is being handled as possession of a weapon on school property, police said.
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