Florence woman charged with threatening to blow up beauty school, deputies say
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to show the correct location of a threat.
FLORENCE, S.C. (WBTW) — A Florence woman is being charged with calling in a bomb threat to a beauty school, deputies said.
Demarie Jessalyn Nichole Spontis, 23, was booked into the Florence County Detention Center on a $10,000 bond. Authorities say that on Monday, deputies responded to Canvas Artistry at 1428 Floyd Circle to follow up on a phone threat.
Deputies cleared the scene with help from a K-9 unit and determined it was a hoax. Officials said Spontis was helped by an unnamed co-conspirator. The incident remains under investigation, and more arrests are possible.
Under state law, making a bomb threat is a felony punishable by between one and 10 years in prison.
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