PASSAIC, N.J.
(AP) — Authorities say a man allegedly under the influence of drugs
entered a northern New Jersey charter school, attacked the principal and
claimed he had placed a bomb on school property.
Passaic police
tell The Record (http://bit.ly/WgDqkO) that 20-year-old Dewqyon Stephens
of Passaic was charged with aggravated assault, making terroristic
threats and criminal trespass following Friday morning's incident at the
Passaic Art and Science Charter School.
Officials say Stephens
apparently got into the building by following students who were
returning from recess. When he was confronted by school principal Vahit
Sevinc, he punched Sevinc twice in the face and made the bomb threat.
Police
soon arrived and arrested Stephens. Students were then evacuated while
the elementary school building was searched for explosives.
Stephens could not be reached for comment Saturday.
