None arrested in ECHS bomb threat

Published 1:05 am Wednesday, October 24, 2001

By By SHERRY DIGMON
Advance Staff Writer
No arrests have been made in connection with a bomb threat at Escambia County High School Friday night.
This was the first bomb threat at ECHS this year. The police and fire departments have responded to two threats at Escambia County Middle School. One juvenile has been arrested for making one of the calls at ECMS.
Atmore Police Chief Danny McKinley said persons calling in bomb threats will be dealt with to the fullest extent allowed by law.
The bomb threat came in to the Atmore Police Department at 6:19 p.m., Friday. The Atmore Fire Department and Police Department blocked all entrances to the campus. There was no activity at the school that evening. The football game was an away game.

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