RICHMOND — Students at Richmond’s combined middle and high school building were evacuated for about an hour Tuesday while bomb sniffing dogs searched the school.
Richmond Police Chief Scott MacMaster said the school called police at around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday to report a bomb threat. The words “bomb threat” was found scribbled on a wall in the girls bathroom. The school did a lock down, meaning students stayed in classrooms, while police assessed the threat, and then evacuated students to the parking lot.
Two Maine State Police Troopers searched the school with bomb sniffing dogs, and did not find any threats. After about an hour the students were allowed back in the school and gathered at an assembly where they were briefed about what had happened and what will happen in the next week, which MacMaster said will include restricting student movement in the school.
Police are investigating the bomb threat, when MacMaster said was put up Monday or Tuesday. The person responsible could face a charge of criminal threatening.
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