Suspicious Package Found At Middle School

THORNVILLE, Ohio—A suspicious package was investigated at a local middle school Tuesday.

According to the Perry County Sheriff’s Office, officials received a phone call at about 1 p.m. from the Northern Local Middle School regarding a suspicious package in a restroom.

Deputies arrived at the scene, along with emergency crews from the Somerset and Thornville fire and EMS departments.

School officials told investigators that all students were removed from the building, along with faculty.

Officials found the package and called the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office bomb squad.

The bomb squad disabled the package and said the investigation into the incident is ongoing.

Investigators said the incident was not called in as a bomb threat and no was injured.

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