Crime & Safety
Bomb Threat: Tullytown School Re-Opened, Investigation Underway
The threat at the school came the same day suspicious packages were sent to several Democratic politicians and CNN's New York office.
TULLYTOWN, PA — Police are investigating after a charter school in Tullytown was evacuated Wednesday morning due to a bomb threat.
The Center For Student Learning charter school on Lakeside Drive had been reopened by Wednesday afternoon, Tullytown Borough Police Chief Daniel J. Doyle said. Doyle told Patch that the school, which police evacuated late Wednesday morning, received a handwritten bomb threat.
Police were called to the school at about 10:45 a.m. After students and staff were evacuated, police searched the school with K9 bomb-detection teams, according to Doyle. He said police continue to investigate who sent the written threat.
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The charter school serves students in grades 6-12.
The threat came on the same day that federal law enforcement officials say suspicious packages possibly containing explosives were mailed to former President Barack Obama, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz and to CNN's offices in New York City.
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Public Safety Message: Police are on scene CSL school for a bomb threat. The building has been evacuated and students have been relocated for their safety.
— Police (@TullytownPolice) October 24, 2018
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