December 7, 2018 – The Delaware County Prosecutor’s Office has filed a bill of information against 18-year-old Troy Fisher Ferguson of Delaware.
A bill of information is an official filing of charges without a grand jury presentation. A bill of information was filed in this case because parties agreed to the charge before having to go before a grand jury.
The charge outlined in the bill of information is obstructing justice – a third-degree felony.
Ferguson was taken into custody on November 7, 2018 after two Delaware Hayes students came forward to report he had made a threat to carry out a school shooting the following day.
Classes at Hayes were cancelled on November 8, 2018 as law enforcement investigated. School resumed session on November 9, 2018 after it was determined that no other persons or school facility was involved in the threat.
“We live in a time where we simply cannot ignore threatening statements,” said Delaware County Prosecutor Carol O’Brien. “We’ve seen over and over the tragedy that can happen, and I commend the students who came forward to report to the school resource officer what they heard.”
Ferguson was taken into custody and transported to the Delaware County Jail where he is being held on a $150,000 municipal court bond.
An arraignment date in common pleas court is not yet set.
