UPDATE: Pembroke Academy Locked Down Due to Bomb Threat

UPDATE: Pembroke Police investigators are trying to find out who at Pembroke Academy made a bomb threat at the school on Nov. 19, 2015.

According to Police Chief Dwayne Gilman, officers and fire and rescue teams were called to the school around noon for a report of suspicious handwriting located in a bathroom.

“The writing indicated a possible explosive device within the school,” Gilman said. “ All students were placed into a lockdown mode as police, fire and school personnel conducted a complete search of the school and cleared the threat.”

Gilman said students were released of the lockdown mode shortly after 1:30 p.m.

The Pembroke Police Department will continue an investigation to determine who is responsible. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Pembroke Police Department at 603-485-3421 and or Concord Regional Crime Line at 603-226-3100.

The first post is below.

Pembroke Academy in Pembroke was placed in lockdown on Nov. 19, 2015, for a reported threat at the school, according to parents and students at the school who posted messages on social media.

The parents of Pembroke high school students were called at just before 1 p.m. informing them about the lockdown. At least four police cars and a state trooper are at the school, according to students posting notes on Twitter and Facebook.

About 10 to 15 minutes into the lockdown, students began speaking about the lockdown on Twitter.

“Is this pembroke academy or Paris?,” remarked one student while another asked, “Why is Pembroke Academy NH in lockdown?”

Pembroke Police Chief Dwayne Gilman was unable to return an email request for comment about the lockdown before post time.

This is at least the third time in the last nine months that the school has been placed in lockdown or received threats.