All clear after latest Middletown bomb threat
Officials locked down William A. Carter Elementary School on East Main Street in Middletown after a bomb threat Tuesday. Wallkill police searched the building for an hour and ruled the call a hoax,
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Jan 13, 2016, 1:06 AM
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Updated 3,214 days ago
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Officials locked down William A. Carter Elementary School on East Main Street in Middletown after a bomb threat Tuesday.
Wallkill police searched the building for an hour and ruled the call a hoax, the seventh such prank in the school district this year.
Police say a man contacted the school's main office around 9:30 a.m. to make the threat.
Officials say that despite the frequent false alarms, they must take every scare seriously.
Last week, police arrested a 9-year-old Middletown girl for allegedly making a threatening call during winter break.
The FBI is involved in the investigation into the other bomb hoaxes.
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