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One Juvenile, Three Hoax Bomb Threats — and a Restroom Call to SLCC

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On February 25, 2026, an employee at Salt Lake Community College's Taylorsville campus received a phoned-in threat that a bomb had been placed in a restroom. Utah Highway Patrol troopers searched the Taylorsville campus and other SLCC sites and found nothing. Investigators later determined the SLCC threat was part of a same-day spree by a single juvenile who also targeted Thanksgiving Point and a South Salt Lake homeless shelter; the case was referred to juvenile court.

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Salt Lake Community College
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Confirmed Timeline

Alert Sequence

2 messages in sequence

Some alert texts below are approximate reconstructions from news coverage, not confirmed verbatim transcripts. Reconstructed texts are shown in italic with a dashed border. Verified verbatim texts have a solid border and are marked accordingly.

INITIAL ALERTmulti-channel
Approximate reconstruction183 chars
SLCC Alert: Police are responding to a reported threat on the Taylorsville campus. Out of an abundance of caution, please avoid the area while officers investigate. Updates to follow.

This text has been reconstructed from news coverage and may not reflect the exact original wording.

Reconstructed: FOX 13 and KUTV reported the threat came in around 3 p.m. MST when an employee was told a bomb was placed in a Taylorsville-campus restroom; the precise alert wording was not archived.
Utah Highway Patrol, rather than a municipal department, led the campus search.
ALL CLEARmulti-channel
Approximate reconstruction167 chars
SLCC Alert: All campuses have been cleared of any threat. Officers found nothing to substantiate the report. Normal operations may resume. Thank you for your patience.

This text has been reconstructed from news coverage and may not reflect the exact original wording.

Reconstructed: FOX 13 reported that a campus safety alert stated all of the campuses had been cleared of any threat after troopers searched and found nothing.
This is a true all-clear: it lifted the avoidance instruction and declared campuses safe to resume normal operations.
Context

Background

The February 25, 2026 threat against Salt Lake Community College's Taylorsville campus was one node in a single-day hoax spree by a juvenile. According to FOX 13, an SLCC employee received a call around 3 p.m. MST claiming a bomb had been placed in a campus restroom, prompting Utah Highway Patrol troopers to search the Taylorsville campus and other SLCC sites. KUTV reported no evacuation was ordered and nothing was found. Police later traced the SLCC call and related threats at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi and a South Salt Lake shelter to one juvenile, who was referred to the Fourth District Juvenile Court. As a community college serving tens of thousands of commuter students across multiple campuses, SLCC's challenge was coordinating a system-wide search and an unambiguous all-clear across sites.
Analysis

Key Findings

An SLCC Taylorsville-campus employee received a phoned-in restroom bomb threat around 3 p.m. MST on February 25, 2026
Utah Highway Patrol, not a city police department, led the multi-campus search and found no device
The threat was part of a same-day hoax spree by a single juvenile that also hit Thanksgiving Point and a South Salt Lake shelter
No evacuation was ordered; the response prioritized searching and clearing campuses while keeping operations running
Outcome
Troopers cleared the Taylorsville campus and other SLCC campuses after finding no explosive device. A juvenile was identified as responsible for the threats and referred to the Fourth District Juvenile Court.
Provenance

Sources

  1. News
    Police clear Salt Lake Community College campus after receiving bomb threat - FOX 13
    fox13now.com
  2. News
    Troopers search Salt Lake Community College campus after bomb threat - KUTV
    kutv.com
  3. News
    Juvenile was behind hoax bomb threats at SLCC, Thanksgiving Point, police say - ABC4
    abc4.com
  4. News
    Lehi PD: 3 bomb threats traced to phone of juvenile - Gephardt Daily
    gephardtdaily.com
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Added May 2026Updated May 2026Via ingestion