Girl arrested for making a hoax report about a gun at Findlay School

(From Findlay Police Department)

On 9/26/24 at 11:01 a.m., Findlay Police received a 911 call from a child caller who stated they were at Donnell Middle School and someone had a gun before hanging up.

All available FPD patrol officers responded to Donnell Middle School and began investigating the cause of the call.

It was determined that there were no active emergencies at the school.

As a precautionary measure, the school administration imposed a curfew while the matter was investigated.

Through investigation of the call made, it was discovered that a young female, aged 11, was in possession of the phone used to make the call.

She was a student at Donnell Middle School.

She was located and confessed to making the prank call.

The juvenile was arrested and is being held at the Wood County Juvenile Justice Center on ORC 2917.31 Inducing Panic, a second degree felony.

Due to the woman's age, her name is not being released at this time.