East Setauket school evacuated, police probe bomb threat
Students at Ward Melville High School in East Setauket were evacuated Wednesday afternoon as Suffolk County police investigated a bomb threat.
According to a statement from the Three Village Central School District, a threat was scrawled on the wall of a second-floor boys' bathroom at the high school.
Police were called, the school was immediately evacuated and students were dismissed at about 2 p.m., the statement said.
Deirdre Gilligan, a spokeswoman for the school district, said police were on the scene, still investigating.
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