Facebook threat shakes up NPHS
SUN PHOTO BY ELAINE ALLEN-EMRICH, eallen@sun-herald.com
A K-9 officer from the Lee County Sheriff's Office and his dog walk the hall of the North Port High administration building Monday morning after a threat of explosives at the school appeared on a Facebook page. Police and staff say they take threats seriously, but warn of copycats. Nothing was found.
SUN PHOTO BY ELAINE ALLEN-EMRICH, eallen@sun-herald.com
North Port High security cameras capture numerous angles at the school, including behind the campus, in all buildings and the parking lot. Extra police were at the school Monday after a bomb threat was made on Facebook.
By ELAINE ALLEN-EMRICH
North Port Community News Editor
NORTH PORT — Miltoni Moreland picked up four students from North Port High School on Monday afternoon after they called her and said they were scared of a bomb threat posted on Facebook a few hours earlier.
Within minutes of the ominous posting, about 100 students began notifying school officials that an “anonymous group” created a Facebook page or hacked into a page titled Marcus Alan Freeman. The threat said students should “watch where they step in bathrooms at the school” and watch out for “big explosions” while opening lockers and “the whole school comes down in one big explosion tomorrow morning.”
