Man Arrested for Alleged Bogus Bomb Threat to Desert Hot Springs School

Police Thursday said they arrested a man accused of making a false bomb threat to a Desert Hot Springs school. Jerrett Tagger III, 31, of Landers allegedly placed a phone call at 10:36 a.m. to the Cabot Yerxa Elementary School kitchen staff in which he said there was a bomb on the campus, according to the Desert Hot Springs Police Department. Officers were notified and after they scoured the school grounds for explosives, determined the threat was a hoax, police said. Investigators were able to trace the call to Tagger, who was taken into custody about an hour and a half after he allegedly made the threat. He was booked into the Robert Presley Detention Center on suspicion of criminal threats and making a false report of a bomb in a public place. There was no immediate word on the suspect’s motive.