Long Neck Elementary School Bomb Threat

Millsboro -The Delaware State Police are investigating a bomb threat that was called into the Long Neck Elementary School located at 26064 School Lane this afternoon, according to Delaware State Police Public Information Officer, Master Corporal Gary Fournier.

Fournier said that at around 12:46 p.m., Thursday January 5, 2017 a robotic style or computer generated voice phone call was received in the school’s main office stating there was an unknown type of device in the school.

The school was placed on a low-level lockdown and an administrative search was conducted by school administration and troopers. Nothing out of the ordinary or suspicious was located and staff and students resumed their daily activities around 1:50 p.m.

No suspects or leads have been established in this case.

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