RSO determines bomb threat at Palm Desert Charter Middle School a ‘hoax’

A bomb threat reported at Palm Desert Charter Middle School has been determined to be a hoax, Riverside County Sheriff’s Department public information officer Robyn Flores confirmed.

According to Flores, about 50 students and staff who were still at the school and at Abraham Lincoln Elementary School next door were evacuated. The school is located on 74200 Rutledge Way near the intersection of Portola Avenue and Magnesia Falls Drive.

{“url”:”https://twitter.com/MadiKESQ/status/1107810671440203777″,”author_name”:”Madison Weil”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/MadiKESQ”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;&#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;#BREAKING&#lt;/a&#gt; on scene now at Palm Desert Charter Middle School where a bomb threat has been confirmed. 50 students and faculty have been evacuated to nearby Magnesia Falls City Park. Riverside County Sheriffs here on campus investigating. We’ll have the latest on &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/KESQ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;@KESQ&#lt;/a&#gt; 630p &#lt;a href=”https://t.co/XjPc04V6yT”&#gt;pic.twitter.com/XjPc04V6yT&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/p&#gt;– Madison Weil (@MadiKESQ) &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/MadiKESQ/status/1107810671440203777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;March 19, 2019&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/blockquote&#gt;n&#lt;script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″&#gt;&#lt;/script&#gt;n”,”width”:550,”height”:null,”type”:”rich”,”cache_age”:”3153600000″,”provider_name”:”Twitter”,”provider_url”:”https://twitter.com”,”version”:”1.0″}

Deputies searched the campus and found no evidence of a suspicious device in the school.

{“url”:”https://twitter.com/RSOPIOEast/status/1107826465733697536″,”author_name”:”Riverside County Sheriff PIO-East”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/RSOPIOEast”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;&#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/PalmDesert?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;#PalmDesert&#lt;/a&#gt; final update: The campus was searched by numerous deputies and no suspicious devices were located. This will be investigated as a hoax. Thank you for your patience during this investigation. No additional information is available at this time. &#lt;a href=”https://t.co/p4KJWFcWwD”&#gt;https://t.co/p4KJWFcWwD&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/p&#gt;– Riverside County Sheriff PIO-East (@RSOPIOEast) &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/RSOPIOEast/status/1107826465733697536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;March 19, 2019&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/blockquote&#gt;n&#lt;script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″&#gt;&#lt;/script&#gt;n”,”width”:550,”height”:null,”type”:”rich”,”cache_age”:”3153600000″,”provider_name”:”Twitter”,”provider_url”:”https://twitter.com”,”version”:”1.0″}