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03-19-2004, 11:01 AM
WASHINGTON (March 19) - Police officers were dispatched Friday to all 147 District of Columbia public schools in response to an Internet bomb threat that said devices had been planted at five schools.
The message - which was received shortly before 6 a.m EST - did not specify which schools may be involved, Metropolitan Police Department Sgt. Joe Gentile said.
"As a precautionary measure, we have directed each district commander to send officers to every school within their district to work with school security and maintenance and search the schools," he said.
"It's being handled as a local, one-time prank, and students are being kept inside under the shelter in place policy," District of Columbia Public School spokeswoman Prenell Neeley told The Associated Press. "We're following the lead of police."
03/19/04 10:21 EST
The message - which was received shortly before 6 a.m EST - did not specify which schools may be involved, Metropolitan Police Department Sgt. Joe Gentile said.
"As a precautionary measure, we have directed each district commander to send officers to every school within their district to work with school security and maintenance and search the schools," he said.
"It's being handled as a local, one-time prank, and students are being kept inside under the shelter in place policy," District of Columbia Public School spokeswoman Prenell Neeley told The Associated Press. "We're following the lead of police."
03/19/04 10:21 EST