Crime & Safety

Police Investigating Threats Against President Trump At West Hartford School: UPDATE

Police said officers are investigating threats against President Trump found at a West Hartford elementary school.

WEST HARTFORD, CT - The West Hartford Detective Division is currently investigating threats directed at President Donald Trump posted at a local elementary school. The incident occurred Thursday at the Morley School, according to a release.

Police said Tuesday West Hartford Detectives have interviewed a person in regards to the vandalism after receiving tips from the public. Detectives also received a call from the suspect after he saw his picture on the news, police said. (To sign up for West Hartford breaking news alerts and more, click here.)

A warrant is being prepared and his name will be released at a later time, according to police.

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Police said several areas of the school were damaged with anti-Trump writing and threats directed at the President. A person was caught on surveillance video riding a mountain bike onto the property at the time, police said.

Police describe the suspect as a white male in his 30s or 40s who was balding. He was wearing a Boston Red Sox t-shirt and had a small brown and white mix breed dog with him, police said.

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Anyone with information on this suspect is asked to call the West Hartford Police Department at (860) 523-5203.

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