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Three Students Charged After Two Fights Break Out At Abington High School: Police
A trio of students faces criminal charges after two separate fights broke out at Abington Senior High School on Friday, April 26, according to township police. The school resource officer called for backup around 1:20 p.m. when two fighting students "became physical with the police officer and school staff," the department said in a release. Three students were arrested, one of whom took an ambulance to the hospital for a minor injury, authorities said. A pocket knife was displayed during the incidents but not used, they continued. "Soon after the incident, misinfo…
Schools
PA Cheerleader Concussed By Bullies' Brutal Beatdown, Fund Says
Support is on the rise for a Perkiomen Valley High School cheerleader who was allegedly attacked by other students in the lunch room earlier this month. A GoFundMe for sophomore Gianna Messina says she was attacked by two people on Friday, Dec. 1, over problems at the lunch table, after lunch. "They both jumped up behind her and took her to the ground," reads the fund launched by Kylie Boyle. "They continued to beat her with their fists and feet. They pulled her hair and threw her phone at her as a school counselor tried to cover her but they would not stop." Gianna suffered a concussion, …
Police & Fire
Bensalem Student Charged For Sending 'Threatening Photo' To Classmates: Police
A Bensalem High School student will face criminal charges for allegedly sending classmates a picture of a firearm, which prompted a police presence at the school early on Tuesday, April 25. Authorities were called to the school, 4319 Hulmeville Road, after administrators learned that a "photograph of a gun" was being shared "via cell phone," township police previously said. Upon investigation, police learned that no gun was displayed or found on campus and determined there was "no active threat," the department said. Students were not dismissed, police noted, though au…
Police & Fire
9-Year-Old Student Brought Knife To Lehigh School 'To Hurt Someone': Troopers
Authorities are investigating after a Lehigh County elementary student brought a knife to school, state troopers say. It happened at Schnecksville Elementary School in North Whitehall Township on Thursday, April 20, according to the police report. At some time during the morning, a 9-year-old boy was found to have a knife, authorities said. After the knife was taken away, the student said he brought it "because he wanted to use it to hurt someone," troopers wrote. The child was suspended indefinitely and was off-campus by the time state police were called to the school ar…
Schools
Bomb Threat Closes Lehigh School For Third Day In A Row
For the third consecutive school day, classes at Lehigh Career and Technical Institute in Schnecksville were disrupted Tuesday, Nov. 15 due to a violent threat, administrators said in a post on the school website. Officials said the threat was reported just before 8:30 a.m., sending the school into lockdown. Pennsylvania State Police were already onsite due to similar threats that closed the school on Friday, Nov. 11 and Monday, Nov. 14, administrators said. Those threats were transmitted via the anonymous tipster app Safe2Say, both remain under criminal investigation by s…
Schools
Bomb Threat Clears Lehigh County School For Second Time In Two Weeks
For the second time in as many weeks, a Lehigh County high school was evacuated Friday, Nov. 11 after administrators received a violent threat. Classes at Lehigh Career and Technical Institute in Schnecksville were canceled after administrators learned of a bomb threat at about 7:30 a.m., according to an announcement on the school's website. Administrators said they contacted state police, who are investigating the matter. As LCTI is a vocational school that draws students from several county school districts, buses that were already en route Friday morning were sent to t…
Schools
Lehigh School Suspends Classes Over Violent Threat
A Lehigh County high school canceled classes on Friday, Oct. 28 after administrators received a violent threat. Lehigh Career and Technical Institute in Schnecksville alerted police after receiving "a threat directed at the school," administrators said in a message on the school's website. Classes are scheduled to resume normally on Monday, Oct. 31, they added. The warnings came exactly two weeks after LCTI students and staff participated in a six-hour active intruder security drill, according to a post on the school website. State police are investigating the…
Schools
Shooting Threat Locks Down Philly High School: Report
John Bartram High School in southwest Philadelphia went under lockdown on Friday, Oct. 21 after violent threats were made online, according to a report by CBS News. An Instagram user posted an image with a rifle and the caption "gonna shoot up the school at 11:00 am," the outlet wrote citing police. As of 11 a.m., students were being allowed to move around the building but not to leave or re-enter, the report said. Only hours before the school locked down, Philadelphia School District announced that it received a $1 million to combat violence at Bartram High, according to WHYY.…
Schools
Violent Threats Place Chester County School On Lockdown
For the second time in as many weeks, Coatesville Area High School was the subject of violent threats on Thursday and Friday, Oct. 13 and 14, authorities have announced. In a release from the Chester County District Attorney's Office, officials said classes were suspended Friday after threats were made on the anonymous tip-sharing app Safe2Say. The closure came just hours after police canine teams searched the school for weapons on Thursday, following up on a separate threat made on the same app. No weapons were recovered in the Thursday search, and students were dismissed. …
Police & Fire
Teen Stabbed During Fight Near Upper Darby High School: Police
A teenager was stabbed in the face during a fight near Upper Darby High School, authorities said. The after-school fight happened in the parking lot of the Bond Shopping Center on State Road and Lansdowne Avenue around 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 12, according to Upper Darby police and CBS3. The unidentified victim was being treated at a local hospital, where he is expected to survive, police said. The Upper Darby School District confirmed to several news outlets that the victim was a student at the high school. Police say they have identified a suspect and the incident remains unde…
Police & Fire
Middle Schooler Killed In Philadelphia ID'd As Jeremiah Wilcox
A 13-year-old middle school boy killed while hanging out with friends Monday, Oct. 10 in Philadelphia has been identified as Jeremiah Wilcox. The Wagner Middle School student was shot multiple times in the head and face at 65th Avenue and Smedley Street around 6:45 p.m., Police Chief Inspector Scott Small told multiple outlets. It wasn't immediately clear what led up to the shooting. Philadelphia Federation of Teachers President Jerry Jordan release a statement that reads, in part: "Our city is once again reeling from the murder of a child-- a thirteen-year-old boy in West Oak Lane whose …
Police & Fire
Student Cut With Can Opener At Chester High School, Three Arrests Made: Report
Three people were arrested after a fight that ended with one Chester High School student in the hospital, CBS3 reports. Officers were called to the school on West 9th Street after one student was cut with a can opener during a fight around 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 1, the outlet says. Despite initial reports, the incident was not considered a stabbing. The victim was being treated for a laceration, and three unidentified people were in custody, according to the outlet. Police could not immediately be reached for comment. Click here for more from CBS3.
Police & Fire
Coatesville High School Stabbing Started Over Stolen Vape Cartridge: DA
A student wanted on attempted murder charges for a stabbing inside Coatesville Area Senior High School surrendered to police Tuesday night, authorities said. Oddell Cannon, 16, has been identified as the suspect who fled the school following the 7:30 a.m. incident that sent the unidentified victim to Paoli Hospital with stab wounds to the neck, shoulder, armpit, and lower back, according to the Chester County District Attorney's Office. The victim was later identified by family as 16-year-old Mickey Rayner Jr., 6abc reports. He was in stable condition as of Wednesday morning. The vict…
Police & Fire
Student Wanted For Attempted Murder In Coatesville School Bathroom Stabbing Surrenders:
Update
A 16-year-old boy is wanted on attempted murder charges for stabbing one of his peers in a Coatesville Area Senior High School bathroom Tuesday, May 24, authorities said. UPDATE: Oddell Cannon surrendered to police Tuesday night. Oddell Cannon is being charged as an adult for the 7:30 a.m. incident that sent the unidentified victim to Paoli Hospital, Caln Township police said. The victim was in stable condition as of 4 p.m., police said. As police investigate the active scene, students in the 11th and 12th grades were being dismissed on school buses as early as 9:30 a.m., th…
Police & Fire
Student Stabbed During Fight In Coatesville High School: Officials
A student was stabbed inside Coatesville Area Senior High School Tuesday, May 24, officials said. UPDATE: A 16-year-old suspect was arrested on attempted murder charges after surrendering to police. A student was stabbed during a fight with another student around 7:30 a.m. and was taken to a local hospital in unknown condition, Substitute Superintendent Dr. Rick Dunlap said in a statement. As police investigate the active scene, students in the 11th and 12th grades were being dismissed on school buses as early as 9:30 a.m., the superintendent said. He added that the stu…
Police & Fire
Woman Accused Of Bringing Knife To Coatesville Area High School Fight
A 42-year-old woman who police say brought a knife to a fight on a high school campus in Chester County has been arrested and charged. Shalynn R. Taylor orchestrated a fight between "a large group of adults and students" in the parking lot of the Coatesville Area High School around 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 17, according to Caln Township police. Taylor apparently was one of "multiple aggressors" who fled the scene before police arrived, they said. At least five students sustained non-life-threatening injuries, police said. Further details were not immediately known. Taylor, of Coatesvi…
Police & Fire
Teen Facing Charges For Making Racially Motivated Threat At Coatesville Schools, Police Say
A student is facing charges for making a social media threat against Coatesville schools, authorities in Chester County said Friday. The threat forced Coatesville Area schools to close early Thursday and hold classes virtually Friday. Caln police said they were made aware of the "racially motivated threat" around 7 a.m., which claimed a shooting would take place next week at an unspecified school district building. The teenager admitted to creating the post and told investigators it was intended as a "joke", according to local police. The exact contents of the post were not made public …
Schools
PA Teen Tells TikTok She Was Bullied Before Hand Sanitizer Attack That Sent Peer To Hospital
A student at Eastern York High School took to TikTok to defend herself in a hand sanitizer attack that sent her classmate to the hospital. A 16-year-old student left her assigned classroom area and entered other classroom without permission and sprayed hand sanitizer in the direction of other students around 7:45 a.m. Wednesday, according to a statement by Lower Windsor Township Police Chief David J. Arnold. One student was evaluated by the school nurse and was later hospitalized for additional treatment, according to HBG100. The alleged victim's condition was unknown. The school's admini…
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