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CT High School Evacuated After Police Respond To Suspicious Incident CT High School Evacuated After Police Respond To Suspicious Incident
CT High School Evacuated After Police Respond To Suspicious Incident A telephone call from an unidentified source who communicated a possible threat caused state police troopers to evacuate a high school in Connecticut. The incident took place in Tolland County at E.O. Smith High School in Mansfield around 8 a.m. on Wednesday, March 29. According to state police, a preliminary investigation indicates that a staff member at the school had received a telephone call from an unidentified source, who communicated a possible threat to the school.  Out of an abundance of caution, the school was evacuated while troopers investigated.  After conducting a …

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by Kathy Reakes
Schools
CT High School Locked Down For Second Straight Day Following Reported Threat CT High School Locked Down For Second Straight Day Following Reported Threat
CT High School Locked Down For Second Straight Day Following Reported Threat For the second straight day, a high school in Connecticut was forced to go into lockdown due to a possible threat. In New Haven County, the Eli Whitney Technical High School was placed into lockdown shortly before 9:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 7, when state police investigators alerted the district about a possible threat to the building. The latest incident comes a day after a similar threat was made at Eli Whitney and three Connecticut high schools received similar threats. Earlier story - Three CT High Schools Enter Lockdown On Same Day Due To Separate Threats State and local police respo…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Student Threatened To 'Shoot Up' Middle School In Weston, School Officials Say Student Threatened To 'Shoot Up' Middle School In Weston, School Officials Say
Student Threatened To 'Shoot Up' Middle School In Weston, School Officials Say Police were called in to investigate a threat made by a student to “shoot up” the middle school in Weston. “One student turned to a trusted adult to report these comments and that adult passed the information on to the middle school administration. We immediately called the Weston Police Department,” Weston Middle School principal Daniel Doak wrote in a letter to parents. The investigation ultimately found that the threat was not credible, and it was “a joke,” some students said. “Through our investigation, we quickly determined the nature of the comments and the time frame. We interviewed…

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by Zak Failla