It's a crime: Hoax threats against schools across the state not just pranks - WRAL News

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DURHAM, N.C. — After dozens of reports of progressive shooter situations connected schoolhouse campuses rolled crossed North Carolina connected Thursday, instrumentality enforcement officers issued this reminder: Any menace against a schoolhouse is not simply a prank. It is simply a felony.

From eastbound successful small Washington to westbound successful Brevard County, North Carolina schools were targeted by mendacious threats and deceptive calls. In nary lawsuit was a menace really found.

Lt. Patrice Bogertey, spokesperson for the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office, said, "It wasn't an existent threat. There ne'er was. We're seeing that this is simply a inclination passim our authorities present recently.

"What this does to instrumentality enforcement, and immoderate archetypal responder, is it puts america connected precocious alert due to the fact that we don't cognize that it's a mendacious menace until we get there."

In Fayetteville, erstwhile idiosyncratic called 911 reporting students had been changeable astatine Jack Britt High School connected Rockfish Road. That study was besides false, according to the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office.
Leesville Road Middle School successful Raleigh was besides connected lockdown Thursday for astir 10 minutes aft a prank telephone that constabulary received.
In Charlotte, section media reported prank calls to 4 schools: Olympic High School, Mallard Creek High School, West Charlotte High School, and Northwest School of the Arts.
The Bladen County Sheriff's Office investigated a study of an progressive shooter astatine East Bladen High School.
The Elizabeth City Police Department said threats were made Northeastern High School via an anonymous text.
The Burlington Police Department responded to an incidental astatine Williams High School. The schoolhouse is presently connected lockdown.
WECT News reported New Hanover High School successful Wilmington was besides the unfortunate of a hoax.
WXII reported lockdowns astatine Wilkes Central and Williams precocious schools.
A spokesperson from New Hanover said akin pranks calls person been placed astatine schools and authorities buildings crossed the state this week.

Durham constabulary Lt. Quincey Tait said, "It's a menace of wide unit is what it is. Even though it's a hoax, it's inactive a felony."

Firefighters and constabulary swarmed to Hillside High School successful Durham successful effect to the study of an progressive shooter. That menace was rapidly determined to beryllium a hoax.

A parent whose children be Hillside said she heard a Vance County precocious schoolhouse was besides connected lockdown Thursday morning.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said respective schools successful his authorities were besides targeted by a hoax and mendacious reports astir an progressive shooter connected Wednesday.