Montgomery College received email threats from a former student Friday afternoon and decided to close down while police investigate. “Out of an abundance of caution,” the college campuses were closed… Read More
UPDATED at 12:05 p.m. The reported threat at Walt Whitman High School has been determined to be not valid. The school is no longer in lockdown. Staff and students have… Read More
A Wootton High School student who was arrested and charged for allegedly planning a school shooting has been indicted, according to the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office (MCSAO). In April,… Read More
Police said a teen was identified in making a bomb threat against Lakelands Park Middle School in March. Detectives identified a 13-year-old as the individual responsible for making the threat,… Read More
This school year alone, the county police department has received 140 threats to schools in the county. Police Chief Marcus Jones said that when working with Montgomery County Public Schools… Read More
Update: Paint Branch High School has been cleared following a reported bomb threat, according to police. Students and staff are returning to the school building. Original: Bomb threats continue to impact… Read More
For the second time in recent days — and the second consecutive school day — Montgomery County Police officers investigated the validity of a bomb threat received against Montgomery Blair… Read More
Update: The bomb threat has been determined as not valid, police shared in an update after 11 a.m., and the school is no longer under a shelter-in-place. Original: Kennedy High… Read More
Officers responded to Bullis School in Potomac on Tuesday for a reported bomb threat that police believe is related to a threat last Friday at Westfield Montgomery mall. The threat… Read More
Graffiti found in a John F. Kennedy High School bathroom Nov. 30 included a misspelled threat that someone “would shoot up the school Decemer 1.” The hate message that was… Read More
Police said online threats of violence made against Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) are non-credible and were made by a former student who no longer lives in the U.S. In… Read More
This month, students at Seneca Valley High School in Germantown evacuated twice in one week due to safety threats, including reports of a bomb threat. They sheltered in place in… Read More