A Hamptons high school was evacuated Friday after administrators received a series of bomb threats — and a 15-year-old student is now facing criminal charges.
Students at Westhampton Beach High School and Middle School were moved to a location off-campus following the threatening calls, Newsday reported.
Westhampton Beach Village cops are not releasing the student’s name, but did arrest him Friday for making a threat of mass harm, according to News12.
The teen was released into his parents’ custody.
The disturbing calls were made Friday morning at around 10 a.m., according to Newsday.
Responding officers cleared the campus buildings using a K-9 unit.
Westhampton Beach Union Free School District Superintendent Carolyn Probst notified parents of the threats, adding in a message, “We have safely evacuated all Middle School and High School students and staff from the buildings and are moving them to our designated evacuation locations.”
The younger students were transported to a firehouse, while the high schoolers were taken to a church.
It was unclear what may have motivated the teen suspect.
A second Long Island school district — Center Moriches — also received a phoned-in bomb threat Friday, and all of its schools went into lockout mode, Newsday reported. Lockout mode involves threats outside a school building.
Officers responding to the district’s three schools, cleared them all within 20 minutes.
Sources said police believe they’ve identified the person behind the Center Moriches threat, but have yet to locate the individual.
