EAST LYME, Conn. (AP) An 18-year-old has been arrested after threatening an attack in town.

Tyler McKenzie was arrested and charged with first-degree threatening and second-degree breach of peace.

The arrest happened at 4 p.m. New Year's Eve. It comes about a week after the threatening comment was posted on YikYak, a social media website. The threat had prompted the East Lyme school district to cancel sporting events and make contingency plans for when classes resume Monday.

McKenzie wrote that the town ``better be ready for the hail of bullets'' because he had been bullied for too long. State, local police and the FBI searched McKenzie's home in East Lyme. Investigators say McKenzie admitted he wrote the threatening post and that he acted alone. He is in custody and will appear in court Friday.