Nutley Cops Respond To Bomb Threat At High School; Student Charged For ‘Hoax’

NUTLEY, NJ — Police charged a Nutley student with making false public alarms after a student’s “hoax” caused authorities to search Nutley High School with K-9 and bomb units on Sunday.

According to the Nutley Police Department, officers received information Sunday that there was a bomb threat made to the high school. School administrators, Nutley police, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office and the Essex County Sheriff’s Office then responded and “worked together to ensure that there was no threat to anyone or the school.”

The police response included a K-9 unit and bomb techs, authorities stated.

Police conducted a “swift investigation” and identified a local student as the reputed source of the threat, authorities said.

Police searched the student’s home and officers found “nothing to believe this threat was credible,” authorities said.

The student told officers that the posting which started the incident was a “hoax,” Nutley police said.

“Any threat is taken very seriously, and anyone making such claims faces prosecution,” Police Director Alphonse Petracco said.

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