As expected, the Enumclaw High student who threatened to bomb the high school last Valentine’s Day has pled guilty in exchange for her sentence being deferred.

For those who have not been following these events, EHS had to close Feb. 14, 2022, when a bomb and shooting threat was made over Instagram the previous night.

A junior student was arrested by Enumclaw police a month later after they traced the Instagram post back to her phone.

The student, who is 16 — and as such, will not be identified by the Courier-Herald — was originally charged with threats to bomb or injure property, a Class B felony. She initially pled not guilty, though that was more procedural than anything, as prosecutors expected the plea to change in order for her to receive a deferred sentence.

Charges were later reduced from threats to bomb or injure property to felony harassment.

“We did that because we were able to confirm that there was no intent or capability to carry out the threat and she has no prior history,” said Douglas Wagoner, deputy communications director with the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. “Accordingly, as part of the plea process we amended the charges – and asked that she be required to meet certain conditions which she is now responsible for following during her deferred disposition.”

The state of Washington practically requires minors who have no criminal history and who have not committed a violent crime to have their sentences deferred, or delayed, for a period of time; if they stay out of trouble with the law during that time, their sentence is then dismissed.

An official guilty plea was given May 18, and the student was officially convicted of felony harassment, a Class C felony.

Her sentence has been deferred for a year, though it can be dismissed after six months so long as she attends all her appointments with the Juvenile Probation Counselor; keep from being expelled, suspended, absent, or tardy from school or a G.E.D. program; and write a paper (two pages, double spaced) about school shootings or bombings, among other requirements.

The paper will be given to the probation counselor and the court when completed.