Guilty! Michelle L. Smith, Hardin, Illinois (arrested Apr 2014) [bomb threat]

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  1. News Readers

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    Teacher To Remain Jailed

    36 year old Michelle Smith of Jerseyville is charged with threatening to blow up the high school .. On Monday of this week, U.S. Magistrate Judge Donald Wilkerson ordered Smith to be held until her trial after it was determined she was a danger to herself and the community.


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    Bond hearing set for teacher accused of threat

    A western Illinois high school special education teacher accused of threatening to blow up her school is scheduled to learn whether she’ll be eligible for bond. A federal magistrate in East St. Louis is to hear arguments Friday over the prosecutors’ request that Michelle Smith remain jailed without bond.


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    Bond hearing set for teacher accused of threat

    (AP) - A western Illinois high school special education teacher accused of threatening to blow up her ... but no bomb was found. Smith was arrested the next day, and the school district is seeking her ouster. Her public defender argues Smith had no means ...


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    Bond hearing set for teacher accused of threat

    (AP) — A western Illinois high school special education teacher accused of threatening to blow up her ... but no bomb was found. Smith was arrested the next day, and the school district is seeking her ouster. Her public defender argues Smith had no ...


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    Bond hearing set for teacher accused of threat

    (AP) — A western Illinois high school special education teacher accused of threatening to blow up her ... but no bomb was found. Smith was arrested the next day, and the school district is seeking her ouster. Her public defender argues Smith had no ...


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    Teacher accused of threat granted house arrest

    A federal judge has ordered pre-trial house arrest for a western Illinois high school special education teacher accused of threatening to blow up her school. U.S. Magistrate Judge Donald Wilkerson on Friday rejected requests by federal prosecutors that Michelle Smith be jailed without bond and undergo psychiatric testing.


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    Teacher accused of threat granted house arrest

    EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered pre-trial house arrest for a western Illinois high school special education teacher accused of ...


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    Teacher accused of bomb threat given house arrest

    (AP) — A federal judge ordered pre-trial house arrest Friday for a western Illinois high school special education teacher accused of threatening ... Online court records show Smith was charged with two misdemeanor counts of telephone harassment in ...


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    Teacher accused of threat granted house arrest

    (AP) -- A federal judge has ordered pre-trial house arrest for a western Illinois high school special education teacher accused of threatening ... but no bomb was found. Smith was arrested the next day, and the school district is seeking her ouster.


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    Teacher Guilty of School Threat

    A former teacher at Calhoun High School has pleaded guilty to making a threat to destroy the school. 36 year old Michelle L. Smith of Jerseyville entered the plea in U.S. District Court on Tuesday of conveying a false threat ... Smith will be sentenced on December 15 and faces up to five years in jail, three years of supervised release and a $250-thousand fine.


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    Teacher admits making in-school bomb threat

    Michelle Lynn Smith, 36, of Jerseyville, pleaded guilty this week to a felony count of conveying a false threat. She remains jailed, pending her sentencing on Dec. 15 ... Online court records show Smith was charged with two misdemeanor counts of telephone harassment in 2008 in Jersey County, but prosecutors later dropped those charges.


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    Family Taxpayers Foundation
    Teacher and Administrator Salary Database
    2012
    Name: Smith, Michelle
    Salary: $38,800
    Position: Special Education Teacher
    Full/Part Time: Fulltime
    Percent Time Employed: 100%
    Assignment: Learning Behavior Specialist I
    Years Teaching: 11
    Degree: Baccalaureate
    School Name: Calhoun High School
    District Name: Calhoun CUSD 40
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    United States Department of Justice
    United States Attorney’s Office
    Southern District of Illinois
    Jerseyville Woman Pleads Guilty To Threatening To Destroy Calhoun County High School
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
    September 3, 2014

    The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced that on September 2, 2014, Michelle Lynn Smith, 36, of Jerseyville, Illinois, pled guilty to a one-count indictment charging the offense of Conveying a False Threat in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1038. On April 29, 2014, authorities arrested Smith. She is currently detained.

    On April 28, 2014, authorities responded to a potential bomb threat at the Calhoun County High School in Hardin. The response was prompted by the discovery of a typewritten note in the ladies’ restroom. The note read as follows:

    This school is going down today. KABOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Im tired of all the people here. Everyone is going down, the school will b n flames. It is so stupid here. I cant take it ne more. The teachers suck and don’t do ne thing to help u. All that matters is what ur name is. If I had certain names I would not have the truble I do. Don’t matter, this place sucks and will not be here for long. So long and GOOD-BYE!!!!!!!!!

    Authorities immediately evacuated the school and notified the parents of the students. The Secretary of State Police Bomb Squad and Capitol Police K-9s conducted a search of the building, but no explosives were located. Following these events, law enforcement collected evidence and conducted interviews which lead to the criminal charges against Smith, a teacher at the high school.

    Sentencing is set for December 15, 2014. The charge of Conveying a False Threat carries maximum penalties of five years of imprisonment, three years of supervised release, and a $250,000 fine.

    The case was investigated by the Illinois State Police, with the assistance of the Calhoun County State’s Attorney, Calhoun County Sheriff’s Department, Jersey County Sheriff’s Department, the Jerseyville Police Department, the Illinois Secretary of State Police Bomb Squad and Capitol Police K-9s, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Liam Coonan and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney John Constance.

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