Police Presence at Middletown High School Back to Normal After Back-to-Back Incidents

Police presence at Middletown High School has returned to normal with two school resource officers on campus, according to Middletown police Lt. Jeffry Thoelen on Sept. 21.
Additional police presence at the school was triggered on Sept. 16 after a student alerted the school administration of a shooting threat received by phone.
On Sept. 14, several high school students got into a fight near school buses during dismissal, resulting in police responses.
Thoelen told The Epoch Times that no evidence suggests the shooting threat is credible.
“We determined that the screenshot of the threat was created outside of Middletown and being circulated online, and a student picked it up and shared it locally,” he said….