No Bomb Found After Sussex Tech Evacuation: Police

SPARTA, NJ — Sussex County Technical School was evacuated Tuesday afternoon after a bomb threat was reported to administrators, Sparta Police said. There was no bomb, and no arrests have been made.

The threat was written on a bathroom wall, saying "Bomb Goes Off At 12:15 Today." Another student noticed it and informed school officials, who notified police. Together, school officials and police evacuated the students off the campus.

Bomb dogs from multiple sheriff's office swept the school, and no bomb was found.

"All threats are taken seriously, especially since the horrific incident that just occurred in Parkland, Fla., and the safety of all school personnel and studentsis paramount," police said.

Police said they would continue to investigate to find who wrote the threat.

Schools across the nation have been on high alert since 17 people, many of them students, were killed and 16 more injured in a Valentine's Day shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Threats to schools, many of them turning out to be unsubstantiated, have skyrocketed.

According to The Educator's School Safety Network, there have been 532 school-based threats or violent incidents in the U.S. since the Parkland shooting — an average of 88.7 per school day. In all, 490 schools in 49 states have been threatened or had actual violence happen, according to the group.

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