For Immediate Release

Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016

Contact: Captain Richard Flynn, PIO
Office: 781-316-3907
Cell: 781-844-1224
Email: rflynn@town.arlington.ma.us

Contact: John Guilfoil
Phone: 617-993-0003
Email: john@jgpr.net

Arlington Police Investigate Bomb Threat at Arlington High School

Second Threat Received In the Past Week

ARLINGTON — Chief Frederick Ryan reports that the Arlington Police Department is investigating a bomb threat made against Arlington High School this morning.

This is the second bomb threat the department has responded to in the last week.

Arlington Police received a report of a bomb threat and responded to the school, located on Massachusetts Avenue, at approximately 8:55 a.m. There was a brief shelter in place followed by an evacuation of the school.

The Arlington, Cambridge, Boston, and NEMLEC K-9 units conducted a thorough search of the school. At noon, they determined that nothing harmful was inside the building and the school was safe to re-enter. No one was injured.

“Given recent threats to many regional schools, we chose to act with a great deal of caution in investigating the threat made to Arlington High School today,” Chief Ryan said. “We are actively working with our law enforcement partners to thoroughly investigate this threat and would like to thank students, faculty, staff, and parents, who have been extremely patient and cooperative thus far.”

The incident is under investigation by the Arlington Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Bureau.

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