An Ohio man has pleaded guilty to a Hobart High School bomb threat.
Ryan Krajewski, 20, of Medina, Ohio, pleaded guilty Monday to intimidation, a Level 5 felony.
If a judge accepts, he faces up to three years in prison.
His sentencing date is May 22.
According to the plea agreement, Krajewski admitted he called Hobart High School on Jan. 26, 2023.
“I’m going to blow up the…building,” he screamed in a voicemail.
He got probation last year for similar school bomb threats in Porter County.
Authorities argued previously that his actions were part of a “repetitive pattern.” Ohio officials said the teen started making swatting calls in 2019 when he was 13.
He was a suspect in more than 30 other “swatting” cases, including one involving a leader of Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles and another involving the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, according to Post-Tribune archives.
Police responded Jan. 26, 2023, to Hobart High School.
School administrators showed a voicemail left at 9:26 a.m. via a 1-800 number.
“Hello. You have an hour until I come into your school and blow everything the (expletive) up! And, I’m going to shoot everybody who remains,” the message said. “Do you understand? I’m not having a (expletive) good day here. So you can enjoy that.”
The investigator noted schools in Valparaiso, Portage and Wheeler got similar calls.
The Hobart detective looked at Krajewski, who Valparaiso had already pinned as a suspect and had arrested on prior bomb threats and swatting calls.
Investigators believed Krajewski made the same threatening calls to Hobart and Valparaiso High Schools from the same spot in Medina, Ohio, during a two-hour timeframe.
Post-Tribune archives contributed; mcolias@post-tribune.com
