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Man Arrested For Allegedly Making Phony Bomb Threat At Riverside School

RIVERSIDE (CBSLA.com) — A man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly making a phony bomb threat at a Riverside high school.

Staff at Norte Vista High School called police shortly after 6 a.m. to report that someone had called in a threat.

Authorities searched the campus, but no devices were discovered, Riverside police Lt. Russ Shubert said.

George Aguilar Hemminger Jr., 43, was later taken into custody in the 10800 block of Bayonne Drive in Riverside.

He was booked and is now being held in lieu of $5,000 bail.

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