Norwin student waives hearing on bomb threat
A Norwin student accused of issuing a threat that a bomb would explode at the high school on Feb. 24, waived his rights to a preliminary hearing Wednesday on the charges.
Nathan R. Kugler, 18, of North Huntingdon, was to undergo a hearing before North Huntingdon District Judge Wayne Gongaware on felony counts of terroristic threats and issuing a bomb threat at Norwin High School.
North Huntingdon Det. Tom Harris alleged in the criminal complaint filed against Kugler that the suspect used a computer application to conceal his identity when he phoned early the morning of Feb. 24 to the state Attorney General’s youth violence prevention program to say that a bomb would explode at the high school that afternoon. Kugler was arrested that day after police received a tip about people talking at a store about the bomb threat.
The school went into a modified lockdown for several hours that day.
Kugler is scheduled to be arraigned in before Westmoreland Judge Meagan Bilik-DeFazio in Greensburg on July 6. Kugler remains free on $50,000 unsecured bond.
Joe Napsha is a TribLive reporter covering Irwin, North Huntingdon and the Norwin School District. He also writes about business issues. He grew up on Neville Island and has worked at the Trib since the early 1980s. He can be reached at jnapsha@triblive.com.
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