A 26 year old Cleveland man was arrested on Friday May 15, for threatening to blow up the high school.

Sprilin J. Edwards called the high school around 11 a.m. on Friday May 8, and told receptionist, Julie Archer, a bomb was in the building and it would “go boom.”

Students were asked to leave the school and calmly report to the stadium. After staying there for an hour student were dismissed from classes and could go home.

“It was really scary and nobody knew what was going on,” sophomore Megan Andrassy said.

The police K9 unit came in, but no explosives were found.

Nobody’s quite sure what Edward’s motive was as he has no ties to Stow Munroe-Falls High School.

His ex-girlfriend lives in the Stow area, but is not a student at the high school.

He faces additional charges of aggravated menacing and violation of a protection order and telecommunications harassment related to the ex-girlfriend.

Edwards is facing charges of inducing panic and telecommunications harassment.

It only takes one person to ruin the fun for everyone else.

The football stadium offers the community a free place to exercise on the track and play games on the turf, as the doors are open to the public. These luxuries may be taken away or restricted, due to someone abusing these privileges.

    On the morning of May 9, spray paint was found in the stadium, applied upon parts of the track, turf and bleachers along the student section. The graffiti contained vulgar language, illustrating a degrading opinion towards the school and the community of Stow.

The vandalism in the stadium was subsequent to the bomb threat that canceled school the day before. Whether the two cases could have any coherence with each other is up in the air, as questions are still being asked.

Removing the spray paint could be as simple as waiting for the heat to dissolve it, or as costly as reapplying the damaged material.

Acts like this leave the school no other option but to make changes. It would be of no surprise if a more strict policy of allowing people access to the stadium was put into place.

With that said, those with intent to harm the stadium, such as the spray painters, can hardly be stopped. Locking the gates and denying access only brings vandals to jumping fences.

While motives and suspects may seem obvious, conclusions should be kept contained until investigations sort out the details.

A bomb threat was called in to the high school a little after 11 in the morning Fri., May 8.

Stow Resource Officer Barry Smith called Stow Police and notified them of the bomb threat; meanwhile, students and staff were directed via an announcement from Principal Chris DiMauro to evacuate immediately to the football stadium, where they were later dismissed for the day.

K9 police from Kent State and the Stow Police department searched the building for any potential bombs but did not find any trace of explosive devices.

Students and teachers were later allowed to re-enter the building until 5 p.m. to obtain their belongings.

The threat was called in during the end of the AP United States History exam and approximately a half hour before the AP European History Exam. All students taking the AP U.S History Exam must retake the exam, and those who were supposed to take the AP European History exam will retest at a later date.  All student activities were also cancelled for the evening.

Keep checking Stohion.com for further updates on AP testing.