LISBON — A parent accused of threatening to blow up the Leetonia K-12 school will face a preliminary hearing at 1 p.m. Jan. 21 on a first-degree felony charge of making terrorist threats.

Erin M. McGuire, 36, Chestnut Street, Leetonia, appeared in Columbiana County Municipal Court before Judge Danielle Menning via video from the Columbiana County jail Wednesday morning regarding the charge. Her bond was set at $20,000 cash or surety, which was posted later in the day, securing her release from jail.

As a requirement of her bond, she was ordered to have “no contact by any means with any property of the Leetonia school district.”

The affidavit filed by Leetonia police alleged McGuire on Jan. 13 “did advise two students in front of the school that she was gonna blow up the school.”

She then allegedly drove off and through their investigation, Leetonia police officers located her at her home.

“She did give a full written statement to what she did,” the affidavit said.

The charge carries a possible maximum penalty of 11 years in prison.

Leetonia Police Chief Allen Haueter said she was displeased with the routes for the school buses, which had to be consolidated recently from five buses down to four. He said she was on the phone with the school district’s transportation supervisor about the same time she was in front of the school. Haueter said she had dropped off her child and yelled the threat to two students who had just been dropped off by a parent. All this took place after 7 a.m. Tuesday.

According to the police report, the two students were waiting in front of the school for the doors to be unlocked when a black car pulled up and into a parking spot. The driver, a woman, opened her door and was yelling and cursing about the buses and teachers and said she was going to blow up the school, then left the school grounds in the car.

The students reported the incident to the high school principal Tim Fairfield and reviewed video footage with Fairfield and Dan Favazzo, Director of Transportation and Building and Grounds, both identifying the vehicle in question. Officers were able to determine the address and found the vehicle at McGuire’s residence on Chestnut Street.

The report also said that Favazzo had received a voicemail from McGuire complaining about the school bus routes at the same time the threats were being made. She was getting ready to leave for work when police arrived. The report said she “started to admit that she knew what she said was wrong.”