Nessel calls for stricter laws on swatting after bomb threat at East Lansing High School

By: Kyle Davidson

Outlets: Michigan Advance

Published: May 4, 2026

Words: 309

Last Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago

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Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel on Friday emphasized the harms and legal penalties for intentionally providing law enforcement with false information after a threat prompted the evacuation of an Ingham County high school.

Students at East Lansing High School were released early as school officials responded to a bomb threat, which was determined to be a swatting call, the Lansing State Journal reported.

Swatting, the act of placing false emergency calls in an …

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