Event Brief
Spoto High Senior Arrested After Bomb Threat Call
By The BriefBrief · Sources (4)
Filed: Aug 21, 2026 at 10:00 AM ET
Summary: Hillsborough County deputies arrested 17-year-old Alexander Parris, accused of phoning in a bomb threat that triggered a campus-wide search at Spoto High School. Investigators say the call came in Wednesday, Aug. 19, claiming an explosive device on the first floor; no explosives or hazards were found.
WHO: Alexander Parris, 17-year-old Spoto High School senior; Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office deputies; Parris’s mother (phone owner)
WHAT: Arrest on multiple criminal charges after a phoned-in bomb threat prompted a search of Spoto High School; no explosives were found.
WHEN: Aug 21, 2026
WHERE: Hillsborough County, Florida
WHY: Deputies say Parris allegedly placed a bomb threat call claiming an explosive device was on the first floor, prompting the emergency response and search.
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