3,200 students were moved to the San Clemente High School football field. (KTLA.com) |
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (KTLA) -- No charges will be filed in Orange County against an AWOL Navy corpsman linked to the bomb threat that forced the evacuation of San Clemente High School.
Daniel Morgan, 22, surrendered to officials at the hospital at Camp Pendleton Wednesday afternoon.
Morgan is being questioned by Naval investigators.
Since the journals were written on the base and since no explosives were found, Morgan will not face charges in Orange County, said Jim Amormino, a Sheriffs Department spokesman.
It's unclear what military charges, if any, Morgan will face for being absent without leave.
It all began last Wednesday around 8 a.m. when investigators responded to the campus after officials at Camp Pendleton notified deputies that they found a note indicating there were bombs planted at the school.
Some 3,200 students were moved to the football field while authorities tried to determine if the threat was credible. Temperatures were sweltering at the time.
"My daughter is hot. She's tired. She's had no water, no bathroom," parent, Trish Jones, said.
"Everybody was really, really hot. It was super hot out there," student, Sean Murphy, said.
Orange County Sheriff's Sgt. Steve Doan said military police at the base went to Morgan's barracks after he failed to report for duty after a 4 day leave.
During a search of his belongings, officers discovered a notebook filled with writings indicating Morgan had put incendiary devices at the school.
Fellow Navy corpsmen say Morgan is a hard-worker and recently transferred from 29 Palms to Camp Pendleton.
Daniel Morgan, 22, surrendered to officials at the hospital at Camp Pendleton Wednesday afternoon.
Morgan is being questioned by Naval investigators.
Since the journals were written on the base and since no explosives were found, Morgan will not face charges in Orange County, said Jim Amormino, a Sheriffs Department spokesman.
It's unclear what military charges, if any, Morgan will face for being absent without leave.
It all began last Wednesday around 8 a.m. when investigators responded to the campus after officials at Camp Pendleton notified deputies that they found a note indicating there were bombs planted at the school.
Some 3,200 students were moved to the football field while authorities tried to determine if the threat was credible. Temperatures were sweltering at the time.
"My daughter is hot. She's tired. She's had no water, no bathroom," parent, Trish Jones, said.
"Everybody was really, really hot. It was super hot out there," student, Sean Murphy, said.
Orange County Sheriff's Sgt. Steve Doan said military police at the base went to Morgan's barracks after he failed to report for duty after a 4 day leave.
During a search of his belongings, officers discovered a notebook filled with writings indicating Morgan had put incendiary devices at the school.
Fellow Navy corpsmen say Morgan is a hard-worker and recently transferred from 29 Palms to Camp Pendleton.
