West Bridgewater Students Allegedly Make ‘Non Credible’ Threats

WEST BRIDGEWATER (WBSM) —- There will be an increased presence around schools in West Bridgewater today after prank phone calls made threats against West Bridgewater Public Schools on Monday.

According to West Bridgewater Police Chief Timothy Nixon, students on a bus from the Howard and Spring Street schools made the prank calls at around 3:10 p.m. Monday. They allegedly called local businesses pretending they were present at a school shooting, using an app to mimic gunfire.

The students then allegedly mentioned that they would be shooting up a school.

West Bridgewater school officials notified the school resource officer, who in turn notified West Bridgewater Police. Police interviewed the students on the bus and later at home with their parents. Based on the interviews, Nixon said it was determined the threats were “not credible.”

Out of an abundance of caution, West Bridgewater Police will have an increased presence at the schools today.

Since the Georgia school shooting on September 4, multiple schools in the Bridgewater area have dealt with non-credible threats.

Less than a week later, a threat against Raynham Middle School that was later deemed “not credible” by Raynham Police circulated on the Snapchat app.

Then on September 12, a parent of a student at Bridgewater-Raynham High School received an anonymous call threatening their child with a weapon. The school was placed on lockdown but police determined the threat to not be credible.