UPDATE: Nutley School Bomb Threat Cleared: Several Other NJ Schools Also See Alerts

Nutley, NJ – Nutley High reportedly received a bomb threat on Friday morning, making it one of several New Jersey school districts to see threats.

A breaking news alert, issued at 11:26 a.m., stated that there was a "standby for a bomb threat at the high school," NorthJersey.com reported.

Bomb threats were cleared at several North Jersey high schools Friday afternoon, the Bergen County Sheriff's Office said.

The alert took place at approximately the same times as several others in the area, including: Dwight Morrow in Englewood, Teaneck, Paramus Catholic, Oradell, Mahwah, Waldwick, and Hackensack, authorities said.

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The Nutley Public School District released the following statement on Friday afternoon:

"Nutley High School received a bomb threat by phone late this morning. A number of New Jersey High Schools received similar calls. Students followed evacuation protocol and have safely returned after emergency personnel cleared the building. At this time students are resuming normal bell schedules."

Twenty-six threats were made against Bergen County middle and high schools in January. Those calls came from a robotic, computer-generated voice that threatened violence in the form of shootings and bombs and threats against law enforcement.

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