Man Accused of Facebook Threats Pleads Guilty

A Bethlehem teen-ager accused of making Facebook threats against the Bethlehem Area School Board and administrators has pleaded guilty to the crimes, according to a report on Lehigh Valley Live today.

Justin Rey Ramirez, 18, of 2007 Mary St., was scheduled to appear in court Wednesday for a preliminary hearing, which had to be after the prosecution failed to properly notify its witnesses of the hearing. That scheduled hearing is now moot.

Ramirez is accused of making including one that said: “I got the weapons lets just kill the school board.”

Among some of his other posts, according to court papers: “We should just blow up the schools …,” “I shall fight by your side … to my bloody heart pops like a spilled cup of tea … kill kill kill murda murda murda!” and “press them with knifes guns bombs to get people to think just go up to people and say sign this or die lmfao.”

The posts were discovered by a teacher, who brought them to the attention of supervisors.

Ramirez was charged with 12 counts of terroristic threats – one each for every member of the school board and Superintendent Joseph J. Roy, Stacy M. Gober, assistant to the superintendent for finance and administration, and Mary Ann Cacciola, the board’s interim treasurer.