Schools around U.S. receive hoax threats; two arrested in Indiana

However, three suburban Indianapolis school districts reported potentially serious threats, with two districts shutting down on Thursday and another canceling classes for Friday. A threat has been directed to the high school, and the safety and security of all students is our highest priority.

“At this juncture, the threat is deemed as less than credible”, said Tracy Clark, school district spokeswoman, adding additional security had been deployed to schools as a precautionary measure.

Police in Danville held a press conference at the school and said who ever is making threats to school, “Get ready to go to jail”. Meanwhile, police continued to search for a Facebook poster who threatened a “bloodbath” at Plainfield High School.

When it comes to assessing threats, schools in New York City and Los Angeles likely have more experience than most other districts in the country.

As demonstrated by Tuesday’s shutdown of Los Angeles schools, threats can cause large, costly disruptions and traumatize students even in cases that might involve hoaxes.

Plainfield schools were closed Thursday following an online threat Wednesday night.

District officials were immediately notified and the school system’s police department activated its emergency protocol.

The FBI announced Friday that they are now the lead investigating agency in this investigation, and they are working closely with local law enforcement. “So you take the investment NY has, and you take the nervousness that Los Angeles is feeling because it’s an hour away from San Bernardino, and that creates a situation where I would expect the two cities to react differently”.

School districts in Dallas, Houston, Miami and Fort Lauderdale, Florida all received terror threats, but remained open Thursday after the threats were deemed non-credible.

“When school officials arrived at school this morning we learned of an email threat that came in overnight threatening danger to all of our buildings district-wide”, Schools Superintendent David Weiss said in a statement on the district’s website. Both school districts plan to open as usual Thursday.

“We need to make sure that we take them all seriously, because the minute you don’t take a threat seriously, you don’t want something to happen, as well, “Lees said”.

Danville Police said they have arrested two Danville students for the original threat at Danville High School. There are no known incidents or threats directed at Martinsville schools at this time, and the lockdown was implemented simply as a precaution.