Lincoln Park Elementary Evacuated After Bomb Threat: Police

LINCOLN PARK, NJ — Lincoln Park Elementary School was evacuated Wednesday afternoon after a student made a "non-specific bomb threat," Lincoln Park police said.

The principal of the elementary school called police to report a student who made a bomb threat around 1:30 p.m., police said. Police helped evacuate students, and a sweep of the school was conducted. No threat was found.

Students were taken to the Lincoln Park Hose Company #2, where they were dismissed to a parent.

The incident remains under investigation by the Lincoln Park Detective Bureau and the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office.

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 673 school-based threats or violent incidents in the U.S. since the Parkland shooting — an average of 96.1 per school day. In all, 490 schools in all 50 states have been threatened or had actual violence happen, according to the group.

Multiple schools in the Morris County area have been affected by non-credible threats. Read more of Patch's reporting here:

• Student Made Threats Against Montville Schools, Officials Say
• No Bomb Found After Sussex Tech Evacuation: Police
• Threat Against Chester Schools Deemed Not Credible: Police
• 2 Teens Charged After Threatening Jefferson Schools: Police
• Social Media Threat Against Chatham School Not Credible

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