Crime & Safety
Bomb Threat At Passaic Community College; 3rd Threat At North Jersey Schools
UPDATE: Students have returned to class. The school confirmed that a bomb threat was reported at the New Jersey college.
Students have returned to class after a bomb threat apparently led to evacuations at a New Jersey college on Wednesday.
Passaic County Community College in Paterson confirmed that a bomb threat apparently impacted the school but then said the threat was cleared around 11 a.m.
The threat would be the third among North Jersey schools reported in two days. Two Hudson County schools dealt with several bomb threats Tuesday, causing them to go into lockdown, according to FIOS1 NJ.
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North Bergen High School and Union City High School were the targets of those bomb threats, and police say students and staff members were locked down about an hour while officers swept the area.
We'll have more information as it comes in.
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Bomb threat at my school
— yungKING. (@originalowbitch) March 8, 2017
Bomb Threat at PCCC, Paterson NJ...just saw a bomb squad vehicle!!
— Christofer Fermin (@Not_Fulano) March 8, 2017
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