LISBON — A woman accused of threatening to blow up the Leetonia K-12 school in January was openly indicted this week for misdemeanor aggravated menacing, with her case transferred back to Columbiana County Municipal Court.

Erin M. McGuire, 37, Chestnut Street, Leetonia, was originally charged with a first-degree felony of making terrorist threats in county Municipal Court, with the case bound over for consideration by the county Grand Jury. The grand jury reviewed the case and issued the indictment Wednesday for a single misdemeanor charge.

With no felony count issued, the prosecutor’s office asked for the case to be transferred back to county Municipal Court instead of being handled in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court. The case was ordered transferred Thursday.

According to the bond issued previously for her release from jail, she was prohibited from having any contact by any means with any property of the Leetonia school district.

The indictment alleged that McGuire knowingly caused another to believe she would cause serious physical harm to a person or property of another person.

An affidavit previously filed by Leetonia Police alleged that on Jan. 13, McGuire “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.

Leetonia Police Chief Allen Haueter had been quoted previously as saying she wasn’t happy with the routes for the school buses, which had to be consolidated, and was on the phone with the district’s transportation supervisor about the same time she was in front of the school.

According to the police report, 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.”