Eastern bomb threat unfounded

CHENEY — Eastern Washington University investigators have ruled a May 12 bomb threat a hoax.

The investigation started after the university Admissions Office receive an email threatening to detonate a bomb, according to a campus police field report. The threat was also made at eight other universities around the country.

At about 8 a.m. May 12, an employee reported the threat on the police non-emergency line, a police report said. Officer G. Karlis took lead on the investigation.

The email purportedly was from “Emily Quan,” of Ambler, Penn., the report said. The writer claimed to have made amm...