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Teen Threatened To Shoot Up Springfield School, Showed Gun: Police Teen Threatened To Shoot Up Springfield School, Showed Gun: Police
Teen Threatened To Shoot Up Springfield School, Showed Gun: Police A day after a 14-year-old boy opened fire in a Georgia high school killing four people, a 15-year-old in Massachusetts threatened to do the same at a school in Springfield, authorities said.  Administrators at an unnamed charter school called police around 9 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 5, after learning of the threats. A student told them about the comments and shared a video that showed the teen with a gun, Springfield police said.  Officers searched the teen's home but did not find the weapon. Soon after, police were alerted to another teen who attends a different school and is fri…

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by Josh Lanier
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Somerville Man Threatens To Hit Bus Driver With Chock Block For 'Driving Too Slowly' Somerville Man Threatens To Hit Bus Driver With Chock Block For 'Driving Too Slowly'
Somerville Man Threatens To Hit Bus Driver With Chock Block For 'Driving Too Slowly' A 22-year-old Somerville man must have been late to an important meeting because he berated an MBTA bus driver for not going fast enough and threatened them with a heavy wooden block, authorities said.  Wakell Steele hopped on the bus at Davis Square around 6:30 p.m. on Friday, July 15, but pressed the request stop button moments later, Transit Police said. When the driver pulled over, Steele began shouting at them for "f**king driving too slowly" and demanded his money back, authorities continued.  Steele grabbed a chock block, a five-pound hunk of wood drivers put behind t…

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by Josh Lanier
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COVID-19: CT Testing Site Shut Down After Threat, Police Say COVID-19: CT Testing Site Shut Down After Threat, Police Say
Covid-19: CT Testing Site Shut Down After Threat, Police Say A Connecticut COVID-19 testing site was shut down after a woman allegedly called and threatened to shoot people because of the wait time and bad service. The incident took place in Hartford County around 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 28, in Bristol. Police officers responded to a large parking lot located at 100 North Main St. that was being used to complete on-site COVID-19 tests.  According to Lt. Geoffrey Lund, of the Bristol Police, an unidentified female called the main office of the company administering the tests and was upset about the service and time she was waiting in …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Police Increase Security At Western Mass School District After Social Media Threat Police Increase Security At Western Mass School District After Social Media Threat
Police Increase Security At Western Mass School District After Social Media Threat Police have increased security at a Massachusetts school district due to a threatening message that has been circulating on social media in the community. The Pittsfield Police Department, located in Berkshire County, reported that on the morning of Tuesday, Oct. 26, a social media message that has circulated in communities across the United States was shared among students in Pittsfield. Police said the message threatens violence, and it caused concern within the Pittsfield Public School community.  The threat is not believed to be credible and "is consistent with a nationwide hoax,"…

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by Nicole Valinote