RAMAPO – Students and staff were evacuated after a bomb threat was received at the Chestnut Ridge Middle School in the Town of Ramapo at round 1:10 p.m. on Thursday, October 29.
Several police agencies converged on the building to conduct a complete search with no explosive devices located.
The Ramapo Police Investigations Division is conducting an ongoing investigation with the assistance of the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force.
The agencies responding to the scene included the Ramapo Police K-9s, Rockland County Sheriff’s Office, State Police, Town of Woodbury Police, Orange County Sheriff’s Office Bomb Disposal Unit, and the Rockland Sheriff’s Bomb Disposal Unit.
The South Spring Valley and Monsey fire departments and William P. Faist Volunteer Ambulance Corps were all staged off-site and prepared for emergency response.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call Ramapo Police at 845-357-2400. All calls will be kept confidential.
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