Crime & Safety
Blue Hills Student To Be Charged With Making a False Bomb Threat
A 17-year-old student at Blue Hills Regional Technical School allegedly made a false bomb threat on Monday.
Michael Virgona, 17, of 580 Adams St., Milton, a student at , was summonsed to court on charges of making a false bomb threat and disturbing a school, according to the April 30, 2012 Canton Police Log.
According to the Canton Police Lt. Helena Findlen, on 8:45am Monday, police responded to a report of a bomb scare at Blue Hill Regional on Randolph St.
A group of students were discussing bomb threats at their previous schools, when Virgona allegedly wrote a note and it fell to the ground. Someone put the note in the garbage, where it was later found by a teacher and reported to authorities, said Lt. Findlen.
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“We used an abundance of caution and the kids were evacuated from the school,” said Findlen.
Massachusetts State Police bomb dogs were brought in to search the school. After a two hour sweep of the school by the police, nothing was found and students were dismissed at 11:45am.
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