{"id":35382,"date":"2013-04-25T16:52:18","date_gmt":"2013-04-25T23:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.57.196.122\/~gdatwofo\/theavtimes\/?p=35382"},"modified":"2013-04-29T10:54:11","modified_gmt":"2013-04-29T17:54:11","slug":"prank-call-locks-down-two-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2013\/04\/25\/prank-call-locks-down-two-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Prank call locks down two schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_35383\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35383\" style=\"width: 722px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Amargosa-Creek-middle-school.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35383\" alt=\"An anonymous caller reported that there was an emergency and Amargosa Middle School on Thursday prompting authorities to surround and lockdown the school. The report turned out to be false and now authorities are looking to prosecute the caller.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Amargosa-Creek-middle-school.jpg\" width=\"722\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Amargosa-Creek-middle-school.jpg 722w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Amargosa-Creek-middle-school-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35383\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An anonymous caller reported that there was an emergency at Amargosa Middle School on Thursday prompting authorities to surround and lock down the school. No evidence of an emergency was found, and now authorities are looking to prosecute the caller.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>LANCASTER \u2013 An apparent prank call led to the lock down of a junior high school and a high school in Lancaster on Thursday, authorities said. Deputies are now investigating the false emergency report as a crime, according to Lancaster Community Relations deputy Miguel T. Ruiz.<\/p>\n<p>The following is the press report from the Lancaster Sheriff\u2019s Station:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>At 1:12 p.m. Thursday, the Lancaster Sheriff\u2019s Station received an anonymous call stating that an emergency had occurred on the campus of Amargosa Creek Middle School [located at 44333 27th Street West in Lancaster].<\/p>\n<p>Nearby Lancaster High School [located at 44701 32nd Street West] conducted a self-initiated school lock-down only as a precaution.<\/p>\n<p>Numerous deputies responded to the middle school, and a campus-wide school lock-down was initiated. After a lengthy and systematic search of the campus, no evidence of the reported emergency was found.<\/p>\n<p>The school was taken off lock-down status and no students or school staff were in any danger.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies are investigating this false report of an emergency as a crime.<\/p>\n<p>These types of incidents are investigated thoroughly and treated as very seriously.<\/p>\n<p>In light of recent national events of bombings and school shootings, we ask for the public to remain vigilant and to report any suspicious activity which may threaten the public safety.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LANCASTER \u2013 An apparent prank call led to the lock down of a junior high school and a high school in Lancaster on Thursday, authorities said. Deputies are now investigating the false emergency report as a crime, according to Lancaster Community Relations deputy Miguel T. Ruiz. The following is the press report from the Lancaster [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35383,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[719],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35382"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}