UNION COUNTY, N.C. — A Union County woman is behind bars after she allegedly sent multiple bomb threats to school officials.
Union County deputies said 26-year-old Sarah Jones sent e-mails to several schools reporting bombs were at the schools.
Deputies said the investigation began late Tuesday evening after school officials at Sun Valley received an email from a bogus account reporting explosive devices at Sun Valley High, Sun Valley Middle and also an elementary school outside of Union County.
On Thursday, a school official at Prospect Elementary received a similar threatening email concerning explosive devices on the school property.
Deputies said Jones is now facing three different felony counts including, making a false report concerning a destructive device, three counts of cyberstalking and two counts of identity theft.
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