UPDATE (11/6/25 6 A.M.) : COCKE CO, TN (WOKI / story courtesy of WVLT) – A student who is accused of making a bomb threat at Cocke County High School on Wednesday has been arrested, according to the Cocke County Sheriff’s Office.
Officials said the high school received the bomb threat around 8 a.m. The school was evacuated and CCSO, along with various law enforcement agencies and K-9 Bomb dogs, searched the school.
CCSO says after a thorough search, no explosives were detected and the school resumed its normal activities.
According to the sheriff’s office, following a lengthy investigation, detectives arrested a 17-year-old male student from Cocke County High School for Threats of Mass Violence. He was transported to the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention Center in Knoxville.
Sheriff C.J. Ball released the following statement Wednesday evening:
ORIGINAL STORY: COCKE CO, TN (WOKI / WVLT) – Students and staff at Cocke County High School are safe after the school received a bomb threat this (Wednesday) morning.
Cocke County Sheriff CJ Ball says his office and Homeland Security agents responded to the school out of an abundance of caution after a threatening note was found.
As of 9:30 a.m., Ball says students and staff are outside the building while law enforcement clears any possible threat.
