JAY – Three more students were arrested on charges of felony terrorizing Thursday in connection with three of four bomb threats at the Jay High School since Jan. 25.

They were all conditionally released to their parents on direction of a juvenile intake case worker.

The boys were suspended from school and face disciplinary hearings before the school board, Superintendent Robert Wall said.

In all, five boys have been charged in three of the bomb threats.

Police are aggressively investigating leads into the fourth threat, which was found written on a school wall on March 6, police Chief Larry White Sr. said Thursday. No one has been charged in that case.

Detective Drew Hufnagel arrested and charged two boys, ages 15 and 17, on Thursday in connection with Tuesday’s bomb threat. That one was found on a piece of paper in a school stairwell, White said.

A break in the case came from a tip that high school Assistant Principal Kenric Charles received, he added.

There is substantial evidence in the case, White said. The 15-year-old juvenile was cooperative with school staff and police once he was confronted, and was conditionally released to his father, White said.

The 17-year-old was also conditionally released to his parents, White said.

“The assistant principal and the school superintendent, Dr. Robert Wall, were very instrumental in this investigation,” White said. “The school staff also is to be commended for their outstanding efforts.”

Information gathered during two prior investigations led Thursday to the arrest of a third boy, age 15, in connection with a Jan. 25 bomb threat. Another 17-year-old boy has already been charged with terrorizing in that case, White said.

The 15-year old arrested Thursday was conditionally released to his parents, he said.

Hufnagel was the lead investigator in the cases, assisted by White and Sgt. Troy Young.

Another 15-year-old boy was previously charged with felony terrorizing in connection with a Feb. 12 bomb threat that was found on a calculator. That boy was suspended from school until at least the beginning of 2008-09 school year on March 6.

“I hope this serves as a deterrent to students and that they realize that there are many victims in this senseless crime,” White said.

“People need to recognize we are following our process, we’re identifying these students. Our preference would be that things will stop,” Wall said.