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FALSE ALARM: Malfunctioning Emergency System Locks Down Waldwick School, Brings SWAT Team FALSE ALARM: Malfunctioning Emergency System Locks Down Waldwick School, Brings SWAT Team
False ALARM: Malfunctioning Emergency System Locks Down Waldwick School, Brings SWAT Team This was not the day for a school lockdown alarm to malfunction. Police and school officials in Waldwick said that's what sent the school into emergency mode Friday afternoon, bringing the Bergen County Regional SWAT team and mutual aid support from neighboring towns -- while frightening some students, staff and especially parents. "The system malfunction at 3:02 p.m., right after school let out," Police Lt. Thomas Dowling said. "Officers from surrounding towns along with the swat team helped in securing the building till the malfunction was confirmed."   Police eventually gave t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Schools
Mercer County HS Offers Students Remote Learning Day After Shooting Threat Written In Bathroom Mercer County HS Offers Students Remote Learning Day After Shooting Threat Written In Bathroom
Mercer County HS Offers Students Remote Learning Day After Shooting Threat Written In Bathroom A Mercer County high school has given its students the option of remote learning on Friday, one day after a “disturbing” message reportedly involving a shooting threat was scrawled onto a bathroom wall. Hightstown High School Superintendent Mark Daniels addressed the school community in a letter to parents. “I realize the information regarding the writing found on the restroom wall at the high school yesterday is disturbing and troubling to all of us,” Daniels writes. “We take this matter seriously and are continuing to aggressively gather information.” The message involved a shooting th…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
PA High School Student Looked Up 'How To Kill Teacher' Before Arrest, Police Say PA High School Student Looked Up 'How To Kill Teacher' Before Arrest, Police Say
PA High School Student Looked Up 'How To Kill Teacher' Before Arrest, Police Say A high school student in southeastern Pennsylvania was arrested Thursday after looking up "how to kill a teacher" on a classmate's laptop, authorities said. Officers were called to Springfield Township High School Thursday morning on reports of a school shooting threat, local police said in a release. An "adult male" student made indirect threats about organizing a school shooting Wednesday and used another student's computer to search "how to kill a teacher," police learned. The suspect was arrested and is awaiting arraignment on a terroristic threat charge, according to police. The stud…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
PA Student Charged For Making School Shooting Threats, Police Say PA Student Charged For Making School Shooting Threats, Police Say
PA Student Charged For Making School Shooting Threats, Police Say A middle school student in central Pennsylvania has been charged after allegedly threatening a school shooting, authorities said. East Hempfield police were notified of a threat complaint on Friday involving a student at Centerville Middle School on Centerville Road in Lancaster, local police said. A 12-year-old male student had apparently told other students on Thursday that he planned to commit a shooting on Monday, Dec. 6, according to investigators. Officers were able to identify the student who made the threat, remove him from the school, and interview him in presence of a guardi…

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by Nicole Acosta