Police Investigate Social Media Threat in Cape May County

A 22-year-old Middle Township resident was being questioned Wednesday afternoon in connection with a threat to an unnamed school on social media earlier in the day, Cape May County Prosecutor Robert L. Taylor and Middle Township Police Chief Christopher Leusner said.

The Cape May City Police Department was first alerted to the threat Wednesday morning.

Detectives from the Cape May County Prosecutor's Office assisted in tracing the origin of the threat to the unnamed Middle Township resident.

This investigation is currently on going and criminal charges may be pending. Officers had initially responded to schools in the area and provided security while they sheltered in place.

Taylor commended the cooperative efforts between the members of the Middle Township and Cape May Police Departments along with Detectives from the Prosecutor's Office who assisted in this investigation.