Bomb Threat Called in to Northwest Village School

Students and faculty at the Northwest Village School in Plainville were evacuated late morning Tuesday and Northwest Drive was shut down after a bomb threat was made to the school.

Someone called in a bomb threat to the day school for special education students at 91 Northwest Drive in Plainville at about 11 a.m., Plainville police said. The day school is part of the Wheeler Clinic.

People inside the building were evacuated to a nearby location. Northwest Drive was shut down temporarily  from Route 177 to Camp Street.

A State Police bomb squad responded to search the property. Investigators didn't find anything suspicious.

People were permitted back in the building at about 1:15 p.m. and normal activities resumed.

Plainvile detectives continue to investigate the incident. The person who called in the threat hasn't been identified at this time.

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