UPDATED: Police Say Middle School Bomb Threat Not 'Credible'

Updated: 3:14 p.m.

Police have no reason to believe students were ever in danger, after a note on toilet paper was found Wednesday morning making an indirect bomb threat, according to Lt. Gary Wallace, who responded to the scene. 

About 10:30 a.m., Wallace said, a handwritten note on toilet paper was discovered by three Woodrow Wilson Middle School students in the girls' bathroom, which read, "the school is going to go boom at 4:49. You have this much time."

"We took the threat really seriously," Wallace said, and swept the entire building, "but didn't determine it was credible enough to call in the bomb squad."

Nothing suspicious was found, he said.

If someone was smart enough to build a bomb, Wallace said, the likelihood that a person would use a note written on toilet paper to communicate the threat is small.

However, the note is in police possession and they will be following up on any leads to determine its source.

Earlier version:

A bomb threat received by the middle school Wednesday which brought in police and fire personnel was determined to be a false alarm, according to the principal, but after-school activities were cancelled as a precaution.

"There was a threat that something might happen during the after-school hours," said Middletown's Interim Principal Donald Gates. He declined to elaborate on how the threat was received and at what time of day, but Gates did offer he didn't believe students were in danger and Middletown Police did an "excellent job."

One parent of a student at the school, who wished to remain unnamed, said she received a Honeywell alert at about 12:15 p.m. from the school.

"Police responded and the fire department was on standby," Gates said, then evacuated the building, did a complete search and deemed it was safe. The whole process took no longer than an hour, he said.

Middletown Patch was unable to reach police for comment by press time.

"I feel very comfortable that it's safe," Gates said. "A couple of parents came and got their kids," but other than that, parents were very cooperative.

On May 15, Middletown High School received a bomb threat that Chief William McKenna characterized as a "hoax."

Then, Lt. Steven Augeri said the secretary received a phone call at 9:30 a.m. from an elderly-sounding man with no accent, saying there was a bomb in the boys' bathroom. "The Hartford bomb squad was called in, as it is in any case like this," according to Chief William McKenna, and no evidence was found.

The building was declared safe by 10:15 a.m. and students returned to classes.

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