Nearly 30 New Jersey schools hit with bomb and shooting threats
Page 1 of 1
Nearly 30 New Jersey schools hit with bomb and shooting threats
Bomb and mass shooting threats were made against more than two dozen schools in New Jersey on Tuesday, along with schools in at least six other states, forcing evacuations and lockdowns that affected thousands of students. They were the latest in a string of anonymous threats of violence, all apparent hoaxes, made against U.S. schools in recent weeks. As least 26 schools in New Jersey received the threats by phone starting at about 8:50 a.m. EST, said Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino, adding that the schools were all subsequently declared safe.
“When we catch the people doing this, an example is going to be made,” Saudino said. Made in a robotic voice, the threats appeared to come from computer-generated phone numbers that could be traced back to a location in Bakersfield, California, Saudino said.
Bergen County prosecutor Gurbir Grewal said his office felt confident it would help catch the culprits.
“There are digital fingerprints and we will follow up on each and every lead,” Grewal said. The threats, which may have been automated because they were so similar, were received by high schools in Teaneck, Garfield, Tenafly, Clifton, Fair Lawn, Leonia, Bergenfield, Englewood and Hackensack, police said. Some of the New Jersey schools were threatened with bombs and others with mass shootings, police said.
In Massachusetts, schools in at least 15 communities received threats, state police said. They offered no details but said no hazardous materials or other credible threats were found after searches of the schools. Nine Boston-area schools were the targets of similar threats on Friday.
Delaware State Police said they were also investigating threats, made by phone in a robotic or computer generated-style voice, to at least three schools.
The menacing calls were made at about 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday and forced the evacuation of elementary schools in Millsboro, Middletown and a high school in Greenwood, police said in a statement. Police did not release information about the nature of the threats.
Threats were also made to schools in communities including Iowa City, Iowa, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Mesa, Arizona and North Miami, Florida, according to statements from local law enforcement agencies.
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/01/nearly-30-new-jersey-schools-hit-with-bomb-and-shooting-threats/
“When we catch the people doing this, an example is going to be made,” Saudino said. Made in a robotic voice, the threats appeared to come from computer-generated phone numbers that could be traced back to a location in Bakersfield, California, Saudino said.
Bergen County prosecutor Gurbir Grewal said his office felt confident it would help catch the culprits.
“There are digital fingerprints and we will follow up on each and every lead,” Grewal said. The threats, which may have been automated because they were so similar, were received by high schools in Teaneck, Garfield, Tenafly, Clifton, Fair Lawn, Leonia, Bergenfield, Englewood and Hackensack, police said. Some of the New Jersey schools were threatened with bombs and others with mass shootings, police said.
In Massachusetts, schools in at least 15 communities received threats, state police said. They offered no details but said no hazardous materials or other credible threats were found after searches of the schools. Nine Boston-area schools were the targets of similar threats on Friday.
Delaware State Police said they were also investigating threats, made by phone in a robotic or computer generated-style voice, to at least three schools.
The menacing calls were made at about 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday and forced the evacuation of elementary schools in Millsboro, Middletown and a high school in Greenwood, police said in a statement. Police did not release information about the nature of the threats.
Threats were also made to schools in communities including Iowa City, Iowa, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Mesa, Arizona and North Miami, Florida, according to statements from local law enforcement agencies.
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/01/nearly-30-new-jersey-schools-hit-with-bomb-and-shooting-threats/
Guest- Guest
Re: Nearly 30 New Jersey schools hit with bomb and shooting threats
Not good at all. If things like this can cause chaos and closure of public amenities.....we are in for a whole heap of trouble.
eddie- King of Beards. Keeper of the Whip. Top Chef. BEES!!!!!! Mushroom muncher. Spider aficionado!
- Posts : 43129
Join date : 2013-07-28
Age : 25
Location : England
Similar topics
» New Jersey could criminalize walking while texting
» Sandy Hook shooting victim's family has moved six times because of death threats
» New Jersey judge strikes down state ban on same-sex marriage
» Man In Charge Of Muslim Schools Wrote 72 Page Document On How To Islamise Schools
» San Bernardino School Shooting: Two Killed And Two Injured In Murder Suicide Shooting
» Sandy Hook shooting victim's family has moved six times because of death threats
» New Jersey judge strikes down state ban on same-sex marriage
» Man In Charge Of Muslim Schools Wrote 72 Page Document On How To Islamise Schools
» San Bernardino School Shooting: Two Killed And Two Injured In Murder Suicide Shooting
Page 1 of 1
Permissions in this forum:
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
Sat Mar 18, 2023 12:28 pm by Ben Reilly
» TOTAL MADNESS Great British Railway Journeys among shows flagged by counter terror scheme ‘for encouraging far-right sympathies
Wed Feb 22, 2023 5:14 pm by Tommy Monk
» Interesting COVID figures
Tue Feb 21, 2023 5:00 am by Tommy Monk
» HAPPY CHRISTMAS.
Sun Jan 01, 2023 7:33 pm by Tommy Monk
» The Fight Over Climate Change is Over (The Greenies Won!)
Thu Dec 15, 2022 3:59 pm by Tommy Monk
» Trump supporter murders wife, kills family dog, shoots daughter
Mon Dec 12, 2022 1:21 am by 'Wolfie
» Quill
Thu Oct 20, 2022 10:28 pm by Tommy Monk
» Algerian Woman under investigation for torture and murder of French girl, 12, whose body was found in plastic case in Paris
Thu Oct 20, 2022 10:04 pm by Tommy Monk
» Wind turbines cool down the Earth (edited with better video link)
Sun Oct 16, 2022 9:19 am by Ben Reilly
» Saying goodbye to our Queen.
Sun Sep 25, 2022 9:02 pm by Maddog
» PHEW.
Sat Sep 17, 2022 6:33 pm by Syl
» And here's some more enrichment...
Thu Sep 15, 2022 3:46 pm by Ben Reilly
» John F Kennedy Assassination
Thu Sep 15, 2022 3:40 pm by Ben Reilly
» Where is everyone lately...?
Thu Sep 15, 2022 3:33 pm by Ben Reilly
» London violence over the weekend...
Mon Sep 05, 2022 2:19 pm by Tommy Monk
» Why should anyone believe anything that Mo Farah says...!?
Wed Jul 13, 2022 1:44 am by Tommy Monk
» Liverpool Labour defends mayor role poll after turnout was only 3% and they say they will push ahead with the option that was least preferred!!!
Mon Jul 11, 2022 1:11 pm by Tommy Monk
» Labour leader Keir Stammer can't answer the simple question of whether a woman has a penis or not...
Mon Jul 11, 2022 3:58 am by Tommy Monk
» More evidence of remoaners still trying to overturn Brexit... and this is a conservative MP who should be drummed out of the party and out of parliament!
Sun Jul 10, 2022 10:50 pm by Tommy Monk
» R Kelly 30 years, Ghislaine Maxwell 20 years... but here in UK...
Fri Jul 08, 2022 5:31 pm by Original Quill