{"id":50174,"date":"2017-03-10T20:49:29","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T20:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/?p=50174"},"modified":"2017-03-10T20:49:29","modified_gmt":"2017-03-10T20:49:29","slug":"bomb-threat-at-st-croix-educational-complex-this-morning-turns-out-to-be-dud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=50174","title":{"rendered":"Bomb Threat At St. Croix Educational Complex This Morning Turns Out To Be Hoax"},"content":{"rendered":"

ST. THOMAS — The Department of Education confirmed to The Consortium on Friday that a bomb threat was made against the St. Croix Educational \u00a0Complex this morning, prompting the school’s administration to immediately evacuate the students to the University of the Virgin Islands’ field across from the high school.<\/p>\n

The bomb threat, which is not new to the territory’s schools, turned out to be a hoax, according to law enforcement and D.O.E. officials.<\/p>\n

The threat was not made directly to the school. Instead, the caller phoned the 911 emergency call center between 10:20 – 10:25 a.m. stating that a bomb had been placed in the school.<\/p>\n

According to D.O.E. Director of Public Relations, Cynthia Graham, security personnel who oversee the St. Croix Educational Complex immediately made their way to the facility and notified school administration, which then immediately commenced the evacuation process.<\/p>\n