MARION, WI (WTAQ)- A Marion teen has been charged marking a bomb scare.
17-year-old Jacob Teall is accused of leaving suspicious package on a doorstep earlier this month.
Police responded to a home on Hillcrest Drive on March 6 for a report of a suspicious package.
Police say the area was evacuated after they noticed that the package had note attached. Police say the note stated that the package was a bomb, but it was later determined that it was a VCR, after the package was X-rayed.
Teall, is scheduled to make an initial court appearance April 24.
According to the report, Teall mentioned two other teens had the idea to do it as a prank. The teens are expected to face charges in juvenile court, but claim that it was Teall’s idea.
Teall told police that he admits to writing the note on the package.
