Crime & Safety

SCHS Bomb Threat Suspect Still in Marine Custody

A Freedom of Information Act request filed by the SC Times finally allows us to figure out what happened to the Sailor accused of the threat.

The San Clemente Times reports that the suspect in the bomb threat that shut down San Clemente High School on the first day of classes this fall is still in the brig.

Daniel Patrick Morgan, a U.S. Navy Medic, faces several charges in military court.

The SC Times reports:

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Gunnery Sgt. Todd Petak, legal chief of the 1st Marine Division, said Friday that Morgan was still in the brig where he had been since his arrest by military police Sept. 7. He is facing an Article 86, a charge related to his failure to show up for duty,  and Article 134, a broad punitive charge, Petak said.

The Marines ignored several phone calls from San Clemente Patch as well as phone calls from the Times, that paper reports, which led to the formal Freedom of Information Act request.

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