UPDATE 5 p.m.
The all clear has been given at Rodney Thompson Middle School in Stafford County following a bomb scare today.
Stafford fire and rescue spokesman Mark Doyle said bomb-sniffing dogs entered the school at 75 Wapole Street and were alerted to one student’s locker. Authorities emptied the contents of the locker but no explosives were found.
An investigation into the threat is ongoing, said Doyle.
The school was evacuated earlier Tuesday and students relocated to North Stafford High School.
UPDATE 3:30 p.m.
School officials in Stafford County canceled all evening activities at Rodney Thompson Middle School.
The move comes after bomb sniffing dogs deployed inside the school today picked up an unusual smell inside one of the lockers on campus, according to a source.
UPDATE
Stafford County Public Schools will be transporting the students at Rodney Thompson Middle School to North Stafford High School, utilizing buses brought to the scene. Parents may pick up their Rodney Thompson student at North Stafford High School or wait until the end of the school day and the students’ regular bus will bring them home like a normal school day.
STAFFORD, Va. — Authorities in Stafford County are investigating a bomb threat at Rodney Thompson Middle School.
All students have been evacuated from the building and no one has been injured, said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.
The threat was called into the school just after 11 a.m. Investigators are on scene trying to determine its credibility.
The middle school houses 1,124 students.
The threat comes after Stafford Senior High School was evacuated earlier today after smoke was reported in the building. No one was injured there.
Additionally, smoke filled a building on Montezuma Avenue at the Quantico Marine Corps Base after 10 a.m. No one was injured there, smoke was cleared, and the fire units returned to their stations, according to Quantico spokesman Chuck Jenks.
Kennedy said all three incidents do not appear to be related.
