By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Thursday, May 9, 1991
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Four Bergen Community College students, including one who wanted to avoid an ethics exam, have been charged with telephoning bomb threats to the school in two incidents last month, police said Wednesday.
The arrests were the first since the school was hit by a series of bomb threats and false fire alarms beginning last fall, said college Executive Vice President Virginia Laughlin.
Detective Edward Sorace of the Bergen County Police Department said six bomb threats and numerous false fire alarms have been called in to the school since the beginning of the year.
Sorace on Monday arrested Mark Morrell, 22, of North Arlington and charged him with making a false public alarm when he called the school switchboard about 3 p.m. April 26 to report the presence of two bombs.
Renee Roddi, 20, of Kearny, Morrell’s girlfriend at the time he allegedly made the call, also was arrested and charged with conspiring to make the call. Morrell made the call so Roddi could avoid an ethics-course examination that day, police said.
Sorace also arrested Nancy Incorvaia of Wayne at work in Parsippany-Troy Hills on April 29. Police said Incorvaia, 19, called the school’s public-safety office about 11:30 a.m. April 23 to report a bomb at the school.
Lucy Rocco, 21, also of Wayne and charged with conspiracy in that case, wanted to avoid a business-math class and asked Incorvaia to call in the bomb threat, police said.
Sorace declined to say how police discovered which students made the calls, but said he expects to make more arrests. If convicted, the students each released on $2,500 bail would face up to 18 months in jail and fines up to $7,500.
Laughlin said the school was considering disciplinary action against the students, but she declined to elaborate.
Keywords: BC; COLLEGE; BOMB; STUDENT
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