Post by Logan on Jan 12, 2016 4:22:18 GMT -6
Seven schools in Delaware, as well as schools in Maryland and Virginia, were evacuated Monday after receiving computer-generated phone calls issuing bomb threats.
Delaware State Police, which is leading the majority of the investigations in coordination with local police departments, said the threats under its jurisdiction spanned from Hockessin to Seaford and occurred between 9:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. Monday. Affected schools included H.B. du Pont Middle School, Caesar Rodney High School, Indian River High School and Seaford Middle School, Master Cpl. Gary E. Fournier said.
In each instance, the school office received a "robotic style or computer generated voice phone call" with the threat, prompting an evacuation of each school, Fournier said. Administrative searches were then conducted with the help of police K-9 officers, but nothing suspicious or out of the ordinary was found, he said.
Mark Hoffman, public information officer for Dover police, confirmed that the threats were automated phone calls received by schools across the state.
Continued at www.delawareonline.com/story/news/crime/2016/01/11/bomb-threat-received-henry-b-du-pont-middle-school/78626102/ .
Delaware State Police, which is leading the majority of the investigations in coordination with local police departments, said the threats under its jurisdiction spanned from Hockessin to Seaford and occurred between 9:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. Monday. Affected schools included H.B. du Pont Middle School, Caesar Rodney High School, Indian River High School and Seaford Middle School, Master Cpl. Gary E. Fournier said.
In each instance, the school office received a "robotic style or computer generated voice phone call" with the threat, prompting an evacuation of each school, Fournier said. Administrative searches were then conducted with the help of police K-9 officers, but nothing suspicious or out of the ordinary was found, he said.
Mark Hoffman, public information officer for Dover police, confirmed that the threats were automated phone calls received by schools across the state.
Continued at www.delawareonline.com/story/news/crime/2016/01/11/bomb-threat-received-henry-b-du-pont-middle-school/78626102/ .