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Lockdown Lifted, Morris County Tech Deemed Safe After Shooting Threat
A lockdown as the result of an "indirect threat" at Morris County School of Technology ended at 9:20 Friday, authorities said. Denville police and school officials were notified at 7:35 a.m. that an "act of violence" was going to occur at the E. Main Street school, Capt. Jeffrey Tucker said. An investigation and search of the campus that began as buses were arriving determined the threat was not directed at the school, the email said. Classes resumed with law enforcement on campus for the rest of the day. Several North Jersey tech schools had lockdowns Friday morning for precautionary mea…
Police & Fire
Cliffside Park School Briefly Locked Down As Police Hunt Burglar Who Kicked In Tenant's Door
A burglar who kicked in a Cliffside Park tenant's door within a few dozen yards of a borough public school fled out a window as police arrived Friday afternoon. Public School #3 briefly went into lockdown before police determined that the burglar had fled, Detective Capt. Vincent Capano said. The Palisade Avenue elementary school (at left in photo above) is right behind the burglarized Jersey Avenue home (at right). A Bergen County Sheriff's K-9 unit joined the search before it was called off and the lockdown was lifted, Capano said. The sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification c…
Police & Fire
Hillsdale Schools Chief: Perceived Threat To Middle School Deemed Harmless
What a Hillsdale middle schooler considered a threat was deemed "non-specific and not credible" by borough police and county prosecutor's detectives, authorities said Monday. The seeds of the incident were sown last week when someone began sharing an inappropriate photo of a girl that made its way to some students, parents said. “The girl has ties to someone in Hillsdale, so some of the kids know her,” one said. District officials asked parents following the incident to talk with their children about blocking and preventing “the transmission of inappropriate pictures,” Schools Supt. R…
Police & Fire
Paramus Middle School Principal: Social Media Post That Brought Police 'No Cause For Concern'
UPDATE: A social media post that brought Paramus police to a borough middle school on Monday turned out harmless, according to the principal. “The police were made aware of something that was posted and deemed inappropriate on a student’s social media account,” East Brook Middle School Principal Thomas J. LoBue wrote to parents. “After conducting their investigation, we were told that there was no cause for concern,” LoBue said. “The police were here at East Brook to brief us and make us aware of their findings. “Please know that the school day began as usual, everything is fine, and your …
Police & Fire
Teacher Charged With Threatening To Shoot Up Elmwood Park Pre-School
UPDATE: A judge in Hackensack on Wednesday ordered the release of a teacher who police said threatened to shoot up the Elmwood Park pre-school where she works. SEE: https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/saddlebrook/police-fire/judge-frees-teacher-charged-with-threatening-to-shoot-up-elmwood-park-pre-school-pending-trial/747308/ ****** ORIGINAL STORY: An Elmwood Park pre-school was placed in lockdown and a teacher was arrested after staffers there said she threatened to “one day…come here and shoot it up,” authorities said. Several staff members at the Goddard School told police that Gina Schr…
Police & Fire
Fair Lawn Police Boost Protection Following Threat To Middle School
Fair Lawn police stepped up protection of borough schools on Tuesday following the discovery after Monday’s dismissal of what officials described as a “written threat on school property” against the Thomas Jefferson Middle School. “After an investigation and the advice and recommendation of the Fair Lawn Police Department,” borough schools “will remain open with an increased additional police presence” on Tuesday at all schools in the district, Schools Supt. Nicolas J. Norcia wrote in a message to parents. Norcia didn’t elaborate on the threat, noting that an “ongoing investigation” was und…
Schools
More Than 15 Paterson Schools On Lockdown After Unknown Threats
More than 15 public schools and several area preschools were put on lockdown Wednesday morning in Paterson after threats against the high schools were discovered, district officials said. Eastside High School and John F. Kennedy High School were the first to be put into a shelter in place lockdown after school officials were alerted to threats made against them, superintendent Eileen Shafer said in a statement. Neighboring schools including the Edward W. Kilpatrick School, the Roberto Clemente School, the New Roberto Clemente School and more followed suit as a precaution. The nature of the…
Police & Fire
Garfield High School Shutdown: Instagram Shooting Rumor Unfounded, Police Say
An Instagram post that closed Garfield High School for the day and canceled all afternoon athletic events Tuesday proved unfounded, authorities said. City detectives found the source of the Monday post, which read: "So I just heard someone threaded[sic] to shoot up the school tomorrow, no funny, spread the word ghs students!!!!""Through the investigation that continued into Tuesday, it was determined that there was no credible threat," Capt. Darren Sucorowski said. School administrators alerted police Monday night after someone spotted the post. Eventually, the Board of…
Police & Fire
Shooting Threat At High School Elsewhere Mistakenly Prompts Swift Action In Bogota
Bogota police and school district officials moved quickly after a threat made by a student in Georgia was mistakenly thought to involve Bogota High School. The online threat against “BHS” actually was directed at Brunswick High School in that town, Bogota Schools Supt. Damien Kennedy said Tuesday. Officials there took a 16-year-old boy into custody after they said he threatened on the AirDrop social media app to go on a school shooting spree. He had no intention of carrying out the threats, they said. Meanwhile, all was well in Bogota. “Our district takes all possible threats seriously an…
Police & Fire
Elmwood Park 4th-Grader Brings Bullet To School, Faces Delinquency Charge
UPDATE: An Elmwood Park fourth-grade student brought a bullet to school Thursday morning, prompting a shelter-in-place and drawing a large law enforcement response. "It was a fully-intact .40-caliber bullet," Police Chief Michael Foligno said. The Gantner Avenue School youngster "brought it to school and was showing the other kids in the playground," the chief said. "Luckily, one of the kids was smart enough to tell a teacher." The school immediately went into a shelter-in-place and a K-9 from the Bergen County Sheriff's Office was summoned "to err on th…
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Elmwood Park Fourth-Grader Brings Bullet To School
An Elmwood Park fourth-grader brought a bullet to the Gantner Avenue School Thursday morning, triggering a shelter-in-place and bringing a large emergency response. "It was a fully-intact .40-caliber bullet," Police Chief Michael Foligno said. "He brought it to school and was showing the other kids in the playground. "Luckily, one of the kids was smart enough to tell a teacher." The school immediately went into a shelter-in-place and a K-9 from the Bergen County Sheriff's Office was summoned "to err on the side of caution and make sure there wasn't any danger,…
Police & Fire
Ridgefield Park PD: Allegation Of High School Threat 'Non-Existent'
UPDATE: Ridgefield Park police early Wednesday said they'd found no concrete evidence that a district student told anyone of plans of violence against the high school. "We've exhausted any leads we had, which were complete hearsay at best," Lt. Joseph Rella told Daily Voice. "We don't have something brewing under the surface." He then issued a formal statement: On Tuesday, June 12, 2018 the police department was alerted to a social media post about the possibility of school violence taking place at the Ridgefield Park Junior Senior High School. The police department im…
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