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Online Threat Under Investigation At School District In Orange County Online Threat Under Investigation At School District In Orange County
Online Threat Under Investigation At School District In Orange County Two Hudson Valley schools will be open on Friday, Sept. 16, despite an online threat. The threat originated in Orange County circulating among students via Apple Airdrop at Middletown High School, said Amy Creeden, superintendent of the district of Middletown. The district has canceled a planned pep rally and increased police presence outside the building and around the campus of the high school and Twin Towers Middle School. Creeden said the threat said: “on 9/16 the school will be shot up during the pep rally if u don’t wanna get lit up don’t show up AK-17 will be used”. The post appea…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
13-Year-Old Refers To Texas Massacre In Threatening NY School Shooting, Police Say 13-Year-Old Refers To Texas Massacre In Threatening NY School Shooting, Police Say
13-Year-Old Refers To Texas Massacre In Threatening NY School Shooting, Police Say A middle school student  has been charged with making a terroristic threat after threatening to shoot up his school in New York while making a reference to the recent Uvalde, Texas massacre. The incident took place in Suffolk County at Westhampton Beach Middle School on Thursday, June 2. The 13-year-old boy told other students and school officials that he was going to "shoot the school" because he was annoyed and frustrated with other students, said Chief Steven McManus of the Westhampton Police. "The teenager made reference to the recent Uvalde, Texas shooting," McManus said. McManu…

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by Kathy Reakes
Schools
Threat Leads To Lockdown At Schools In Area After Student 'Jokes' Threat Leads To Lockdown At Schools In Area After Student 'Jokes'
Threat Leads To Lockdown At Schools In Area After Student 'Jokes' A junior high school and an elementary school were placed in lockdown in the Hudson Valley after a student "joked" about having a gun. The incident took place in Ulster County around 10:40 a.m., Thursday, May 26. Police responded to Ellenville Junior High school after the 13-year-old student alleged to have a gun as he was talking to another teen, said Chief Philip Mattracion, of the Ellenville Police. Officers immediately placed the school in lockdown along with a nearby elementary school, the chief said. A search of the student's locker and property failed to turn up a weapon, Mattracio…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Hudson Valley School District Shifts To Remote Learning After Threat Hudson Valley School District Shifts To Remote Learning After Threat
Hudson Valley School District Shifts To Remote Learning After Threat A threat described by district officials as being "specific" has prompted a  school district in Westchester to switch to remote learning on Friday, Dec. 17. "This morning, we learned about a specific threat made on Snapchat against the high school," Pelham Public Schools Acting Superintendent of Schools Dennis R. Lauro said in an email to the school community. "Out of an abundance of caution, all of our schools will shift to a full virtual day, today, Friday, Dec. 17." Westchester County Police Department issued an alert on Thursday, Dec. 16 after getting a tip from its School Resource…

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by Joe Lombardi
Schools
Threat Of Gun Violence Under Investigation At Two Orange County Schools Threat Of Gun Violence Under Investigation At Two Orange County Schools
Threat Of Gun Violence Under Investigation At Two Orange County Schools A social media threat is making the rounds through several Hudson Valley school districts, authorities announced. In Orange County, threats of gun violence at unspecified schools in the Cornwall and Monroe-Woodbury districts have been reported, though they were ultimately deemed not credible. Police said that all threats have been investigated by area police and were ultimately determined to be a hoax. In response to the threats, police beefed up security at both districts and put extra security measures in place as a precaution. 

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Woman Accused Of Making Terror Threats Against Area High School Woman Accused Of Making Terror Threats Against Area High School
Woman Accused Of Making Terror Threats Against Area High School A woman has been arrested for allegedly making terroristic threats against an area school. Northern Westchester resident Diane Harris-Hines, age 54, of Peekskill, was arrested by Yorktown Police on Friday, April 23, after allegedly making a threatening phone call to the main office of Lakeland High School in Shrub Oak, said the Yorktown Police. During the call, it's alleged the unidentified caller -- later identified as Harris-Hines -- made threats that she was on her way to the school to cause physical harm to the school administrators over what she alleged was an unresolved complaint, pol…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Two Teens Identified As Suspects In Middle School Threats Two Teens Identified As Suspects In Middle School Threats
Two Teens Identified As Suspects In Middle School Threats Two teens who met during online gaming have been identified in connection with school threats that caused a massive police response. The Clarkstown Police Detective Bureau identified a 15-year-old teen from the country of Chile as the person who made calls to Felix Festa Middle School in West Nyack on Nov. 21, stating that there was a gunman in the school.  Due to his age and the charges that would stem from this kind of incident, an extradition process cannot be initiated at this time, the department said. A second teen involved in the incident has been identified as a Clarkstown stu…

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by Kathy Reakes
Schools
Daily School Threats Multiply In Hudson Valley, Nationwide Since Shooting Daily School Threats Multiply In Hudson Valley, Nationwide Since Shooting
Daily School Threats Multiply In Hudson Valley, Nationwide Since Shooting In the weeks since he Feb. 14 mass shooting in Parkland, Fla., there have been more than 72 threats every day at schools nationwide, according to an Ohio educational group.That is more than seven times the normal daily average, which includes bomb threats and false fire alarms. Since the massacre in Parkland, nearly 700 threats or violent incidents have been reported at almost 500 schools across the U.S., according to findings from the Educator’s School Safety Network. Usually, there are about 10 to 12 a day, the Ohio-based school safety advocacy group said. Daily Voice reported a number o…

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by Jon Craig
Schools
Principal Told Mahwah Parents Of Supposed School Shooting Threat Principal Told Mahwah Parents Of Supposed School Shooting Threat
Principal Told Mahwah Parents Of Supposed School Shooting Threat MAHWAH, N.J. -- Mahwah Schools Supt. C. Lauren Schoen apologized to parents Saturday afternoon for the timing of an announcement the night before involving a 13-year-old boy who'd supposedly threatened to "shoot up" Ramapo Ridge Middle School. But she also said it was necessary. "It is clear from the emails received that the communication sent out on Friday evening did not meet its intended purpose and for that we sincerely apologize," Schoen wrote. "The timing of the email, late Friday, before a four-day weekend, was unfortunate but necessary to respond to increase…

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by Jerry DeMarco