SCIENCE PROJECT AT MIDDLE SCHOOL PROMPTS BOMB SCARE

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January 15, 2010 3:10 p.m. (San Diego) -- Millennial Middle School was put on lockdown following a bomb scare, San Diego Police Department confirms. The  Metro Arson Strike Team (MAST) was dispatched and students were evacuated.  

 

"Minutes ago, MAST determined that the device was not a bomb, though it was a suspicious device," SDPD officer Jim Johnson  informed East County Magazine.

 

San Diego Fire & Rescue spokesman Maurice Luque confirmed that the device was an electronic science project consisting of a plastic bottle with wires and electronic components. 

 

Millennial Middle School is located at 1110 Carolina Lane in the Chollas View neighborhood of San Diego.

 

 

Correction: An earlier version of this story stated that there was a bomb threat.  No threat was made; a school official called authorities to report the suspicious device.


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