FLORENCE, Ky. -- A 13-year-old boy who authorities originally said threatened President Bush actually made the threat against a school, not the president, police said.
Police Capt. Linny Cloyd said Tuesday that the teen was being investigated for making threats against Bush, the city of Florence and a school in e-mails sent to the mayor. Bush is scheduled to travel to nearby Cincinnati next week.
On Wednesday, Cloyd told the Cincinnati Enquirer the student did not make a direct threat against Bush. Instead, the teen is charged with terroristic threatening for the alleged threat against the school, Cloyd said Wednesday.
The teen remains in custody of his mother in Florence.
The investigation began after Mayor Diane Whalen received an anonymous e-mail containing the alleged threats, Cloyd said. A second e-mail was also sent to Whalen, he said.
Cloyd went to the teen’s home Monday night with agents from the FBI and Secret Service. He said the boy’s parents consented to the search, during which a computer was seized.
Investigators did not find anything to make them think he was planning to carry out the threats, he said.
“He is extremely well-versed in the history of President Bush,” Cloyd told the Enquirer. “In talking with him, you can tell this is a hot-button topic with him.”
Police said the first e-mail was also sent to the White House, Vice President Dick Cheney and the Pentagon.
Bush is scheduled to be across the Ohio River on Monday to throw out the first pitch on opening day for the Cincinnati Reds.