Teen accused in Internet threat scheme

HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) - A federal judge said a teen can be charged as an adult after authorities said he used the Internet to make fake bomb threats to schools nationwide, including Indiana.

A three-count indictment unsealed Wednesday alleges 16-year-old Ashton Lundeby of Oxford, N.C., and unnamed coconspirators allowed Web gamers to pay fees to listen to and observe police response to bomb threats at Purdue, Indiana University/Purdue University at Fort Wayne, Ind., and other schools.

Lundeby was arrested March 6 at his home and has been detained in St. Joseph County's Juvenile Justice Center. The case had been sealed because Lundeby is a juvenile.

Lundeby will be arraigned Friday. A message seeking information about whether he had a lawyer was left after hours Wednesday with the Justice Center.