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Police said a bomb threat at John Marshall Elementary School last week was unfounded. KYRIL BROMLEY
East Hampton School District Superintendent Richard Burns released a statement regarding this morning's bomb scare at John M. Marshall Elementary School, confirming that students and staff have resumed their day.
On behalf of our Board of Education and School District, we thank the East Hampton Village Police Department for their quick response," he said. "We also wish to thank all of our staff and students for being so cooperative during this time."
The John M. Marshall Elementary School in East Hampton Village was evacuated Wednesday morning after a bomb threat was called in to the school.
According to East Hampton Village Police Chief Jerry Larson, the threat was "likely a hack," and police found nothing in the building. Students were in the process of being evacuated when police got to the school to check the building at about 11 a.m., he said, and they returned to class by 11:45 a.m.
The recorded phone call came from Virginia, Chief Larson noted. "It is going on across the country," he said. "A school in Portland, Maine, got a call from the same phone number."
The East Hampton School District's website made parents aware of the bomb threat and said all children were safe.
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Alisha Steindecker on Mar 16, 2016