BOMB SCARE SHUTS SAUGUS HIGH; CUSTODIAN FINDS SUSPICIOUS DEVICE.Byline: Erin Gebroe Daily News Staff Writer About 1,200 students were evacuated e·vac·u·ate v. e·vac·u·at·ed, e·vac·u·at·ing, e·vac·u·ates v.tr. 1. a. To empty or remove the contents of. b. To create a vacuum in. 2. Wednesday from Saugus High School Saugus High School may refer to:
A Sheriff's Department bomb technician outfitted in protective body armor Noun 1. body armor - armor that protects the wearer's whole body body armour, cataphract, coat of mail, suit of armor, suit of armour armet - a medieval helmet with a visor and a neck guard deemed the 6-inch-long device safe in about 15 minutes and determined that it was not a bomb. By then, however, all students were enjoying an afternoon free of lesson plans and reprimands, except for two. Shortly after removing the device, Sgt. Don Shively arrested two 15-year-old Saugus High students in connection with the incident. They were taken to the Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, sheriff's station, booked and released to their parents, he said. Shively said information from the high school led to their arrests, but he would not elaborate. Planting a suspicious-looking device is a felony, regardless of whether it is a real bomb, said Sgt. John Ament a·ment n. A person whose intellectual capacity remains undeveloped. , also of the arson/explosives unit. The bomb scare bomb scare n → amenaza de bomba bomb scare bomb n → alerte f à la bombe bomb scare n → Bombenalarm was the first in the William S. Hart Union High School District this school year, said Superintendent Bob Lee. A custodian found the device in a planter planter, farm or garden implement that places propagating material such as seeds or seedlings into the ground, usually in rows. Broadcasting, i.e., scattering seed in all directions, by hand followed by harrowing (see harrow) to cover the seed with soil was an early in the quad about 11:25 a.m., said Principal Cheryl Brown. Three classes in buildings H and P were immediately moved to empty rooms farther from the quad, and students studying in the library were returned to their classrooms, Brown said. Once sheriff's deputies and arson specialists arrived, they cordoned off a 400-square-foot area with yellow police tape. Brown and Lee decided to evacuate e·vac·u·ate v. 1. To empty or remove the contents of. 2. To excrete or discharge waste matter, especially of the bowels. the school because of the size of the area that needed to be isolated and the central location of the device, Brown said. Students were escorted out at 11:45 a.m. The thrill of leaving before lunch was evident in scores of students who walked out of classrooms before getting final approval to leave. ``Dope dope n. 1. A narcotic, especially an addictive narcotic. 2. An illicit drug, especially marijuana. dope, n , school's out,'' sophomore Adam Draper said when he found out school was closing. Senior Danielle Donato was driving him home. ``I'll probably go to lunch with my friends, call my mom and tell her I'm OK,'' she said. But some students were not as excited. ``I got scared because I didn't know what happened,'' freshman Carlyn Bernardo said as she stood on the sidewalk, watching cars and school buses clog Centurion Way. ``I don't want to go back until they know exactly what it was.'' Teachers and other school staffers left after the students, and authorities praised the success of the evacuation process. ``It's real hard to release 2,200 kids who've been in classrooms for two hours,'' Brown said. ``I'm pleased from my vantage point the way the teachers and the students responded.'' CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1--Color) Deputy Dan Finn cordons off the Saugus High campus Wednesday after a device resembling a bomb was found. (2--Color) Sheriff's deputies and school administrators discuss the situation on campus. The discovery of a possible pipe bomb prompted an evacuation. Tom Mendoza/Daily News |
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