Crime & Safety
Bomb Threat at Somerset Berkley Regional High School
Scores of police officers descended on the high school Tuesday morning.
SOMERSET, MA — Someone made a bomb threat against Somerset Berkley Regional High School Tuesday morning, police said.
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School was delayed two hours as police officers searched the school. Nothing was found.
“Any threats to a school in our community will be taken seriously,” police said in a statement. “The Somerset Police Department will prosecute anyone jeopardizing the safety of the children trying to receive an education, whether it is done as a joke or not.”
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Somerset police, State Police, the Southeastern Mass Law Enforcement Council, and local K-9 teams responded to the high school for the search.
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