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Social Media Threat Raises Alarms At Elementary School In Riverhead
Security was heightened at a Long Island elementary school after authorities discovered a threatening social media post. Riverhead Police said a parent contacted the agency at around 6:40 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11, saying their child had found a Snapchat post making unspecific threats against “Pulaski Elementary School,” along with other schools. The threat was relayed to administrators at Pulaski Street Elementary School and police conducted extra patrols at the campus, police said. Earlier Report: New Bomb Threat Sent To Kellenberg High School For Second Straight Day Investigators…
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Long Island Superintendent Resigns Abruptly Just One Year After Starting
Only a year after being appointed to the position, a Long Island superintendent resigned in a surprising and vague announcement. At a special meeting on Monday, July 17, the Lindenhurst Board of Education announced that it accepted the resignation of Superintendent of Schools Anthony Davidson, who had only been appointed to the position the summer before. He will serve on special assignment until Monday, July 31. However, in his place, the board appointed Vincent Caravana to serve as the district’s Acting Superintendent through Davidson’s last day, and will be the interim superintendent…
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'With A Heavy Heart': LI School District Hiring Armed Security Guards (Poll)
Students and teachers in a Long Island school district will soon be protected by armed security guards. In a message to parents Wednesday, Feb. 15, the Smithtown Central School District announced that its Board of Education had begun searching for a security firm to add armed guards to all 12 of its schools. The guards will patrol the exterior perimeters and will not be posted inside the buildings. “While our security enhancements related to staffing, infrastructure, training, and operational protocols have evolved and improved over time, we have come to the stark realization that there is…
Police & Fire
Hidden Camera Found In Bathroom At Bay Shore High School
Police are investigating after a hidden camera was found inside a bathroom at a Long Island high school. The camera was discovered at Bay Shore High School on Thursday, Nov. 18, said Bay Shore Schools Superintendent Dr. Steven Maloney. Suffolk County Police Department Special Victims Unit detectives confirmed they are investigating an incident that was reported at Bay Shore High School related to an unauthorized recording device. Maloney said the district takes matters like this very seriously and is cooperating with the Suffolk County Police Department to identify the responsible pe…
Police & Fire
15-Year-Old Charged After Threatening 'To Shoot Up' Long Island High School, Police Say
A Long Island boy has been charged with making a terroristic threat after allegedly threatening to "shoot up" a local high school. The incident took place in Riverhead around 1 p.m., Wednesday, June 1 at Riverhead High School located at 700 Harrison Ave. The 15-year-old made the threat when police were on campus for an unrelated incident when he yelled into a classroom "I'm gonna shoot up the school," said the Riverhead Police. The student was immediately detained by school security and was found to not be in possession of any weapons, police said. The department's detective division…
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Girl Killed In Stabbing During Parade In Westchester Remembered As Popular Cheerleading Captain
A Westchester community is in mourning after a popular teen remembered as a cheerleading captain and honor roll student was fatally stabbed during a parade celebrating her high school basketball team’s state championship. Officials said that shortly before 4 p.m. on Friday, April 8 in Mount Vernon, a fight broke out during the high school’s celebratory parade between multiple girls that left two with stab wounds. One teen suffered non-life-threatening lacerations, while the other, later identified as 16-year-old Kayla Green, suffered a critical stab wound and died from her injuries en route…
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Police Investigate Online Threats Made To Students At Long Island High School
There was an increased police presence at a Long Island high school to start the week as the department investigated a “potential threat” that was made online over the weekend. On Monday, Sept. 13, officers from the Suffolk County Police Department were at Commack High School to investigate after being alerted to online threats that were posted on Saturday, Sept. 11. The Commack School District reportedly received two anonymous alerts on Saturday that had “limited threatening information” that was directed at a “few” specific students, not the high school or district itself. Police said t…
Police & Fire
Man Fires Shots On Grounds Of Long Island School, Police Say
Police say a man has been arrested for allegedly firing a shot from a handgun while on the grounds of a Long Island middle school. The suspect, whose name has not been released, was arrested at 11:45 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 26, on the grounds of Hauppauge Middle School, located at 600 Townline Road. The man was having a dispute with his girlfriend when he fired the shots, the Suffolk County Police said. A security guard at the school heard the shot and responded to the area. The man, age 27, of Hauppauge, fired another shot in the direction of the security guard, police said.&nbs…
Police & Fire
Search For Suspect Causes Lockouts At Seven Long Island Schools
Multiple schools were placed into their lockout protocols as police on Long Island conduct a search for a wanted man. Seven schools in Massapequa and Farmingdale were entered into lockouts on Friday, Jan. 31, as a precaution as police attempt to locate a suspect involved in an alleged domestic dispute in Suffolk County before fleeing west toward Nassau County. In Massapequa, Lockhart, East Lake, and McKenna elementary schools and the Massapequa High School’s Ames campus entered the protocol. In Farmingdale, the high school, Woodward Parkway and Albany Avenue elementary schools were also pla…
Schools
Report Of East Islip HS Student Threat Sparks Investigation
Police in Suffolk County were called in to investigate an “inappropriate threat (or) remark” that was made by a high school student in East Islip. Schools Superintendent John Dolan said that at approximately 3 p.m. on Monday, April 15, it was reported to administrators that a student may have made the threat. Police were immediately contacted, and by 7 p.m., the remark was threatened, with officers going to the student’s home and determining that the threat was not credible. The situation was resolved that night. “I would like to remind our students and ask our parents to remind their child…
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