Crime & Safety

Bomb Threat Made on Fairfield Warde High School

Police say the threat was deemed not credible and schools will open tomorrow, May 9 — the target date of the threat.

Fairfield Police have launched an investigation after a note making a bomb threat on Fairfield Warde High School was found on a desk Thursday.

The note, scribbled on a desk, reportedly said: "Going to bomb school" on 5/9/2014.

"There are no indications that the message is credible, especially in light of several recent and similar bomb hoaxes in the area," police said in a statement posted Thursday night on the department's Facebook page

"The Fairfield Police Department is investigating this message and are taking steps to ensure that the school is safe. Fairfield Warde High and all other schools will be open tomorrow, May 9," according to the statement.



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