10/19/17
by News Department on 10/19/17Threat...
Students of the Mahanoy Area School District were dismissed early Wednesday after a threatening note was found written on a bathroom wall.
Mahanoy City police said the note was discovered about 9:30 a.m. in a boys’ bathroom in a hall that connects the High School and Elementary School. Mahanoy City police Patrolman Christopher Zubris said since there was a threat of an explosion, a state police K-9 unit was requested.
The unit, specially trained to detect explosives or explosive devices, arrived about 11 a.m. from state police Bureau of Special Operations, Hershey.
After searching the building and the grounds, Mahanoy Area officials said about 12:35 p.m. that the school was cleared by the state police and no threatening devices were found.
Zubris said school is equipped with cameras outside of the boys’ and girls’ bathrooms and that the video from those cameras will be reviewed as part of the investigation, stressing that the person responsible for writing the threat will be arrested and prosecuted.
