People v. Blessett

Defendant, Shala L. Blessett, appeals the judgment of conviction entered upon jury verdicts finding her guilty of false reporting of explosives, a class six felony, and impeding the staff of an educational institution, a class three misdemeanor. Defendant also appeals her aggravated range sentence. We affirm.

On a school-day morning, a female caller telephoned four bomb threats to an elementary school, prompting evacuations of the building. Police searched the school but found nothing.

An investigation revealed that the calls had been made from inside the school. The two secretaries who…