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Uniondale Teen Accused Of Calling In 6 Bomb Threats To High School

UNIONDALE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) -- A Uniondale teen faces charges after he allegedly called in six bomb threats to Uniondale High School.

Administrators received the fifth call at 9:30 a.m. Friday. The caller said there was a bomb inside the school, police said.

While officers were investigating, the school received its sixth call since September 15.

In all six instances, the school was evacuated and searched, but no bombs were found, police said. 

Police were able to identify the caller as 17-year-old Tahmari Lowe.

Lowe used a smartphone app to place the calls from a different phone number than his own, WCBS 880's Sophia Hall reported.

He was arrested at his Nostrand Avenue home and charged with six counts of making a terrorist threat, police said. He pleaded not guilty.

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