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False Alarm Sparks Lockdown at SCSU

Jim Maurice — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:44:11 +0000

Some tense moments this (Monday) morning at St. Cloud State University. St. Cloud police were called to campus at about 7;45 a.m. for a report of a suspicious man who possibly had a weapon in his pocket.

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UPDATE: St. Cloud Prison Locked Down for 25 Hours

Jim Maurice — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:59:38 +0000

The U.S. Attorney's Office says they've charged 24 alleged members of the Native Mob gang with conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity and other crimes.

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ROCORI Board Discusses Metal Detectors, Fields Lockdown Questions [AUDIO]

Jim Maurice — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 03:02:14 +0000

The ROCORI School Board met for the first time last (Monday) night, since two weapons incidents in the middle school. During the open comment period, a handful of concerned parents questioned why the district didn't go into a lockdown when they heard there was a gun in the school on April 11th, or when they heard about the knife in the school on April 20th.

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Police Find Author Of Suspicious Facebook Post

Jim Maurice — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 10:38:51 +0000

Investigators have located the woman who posted a suspicious Facebook message that prompted a lockdown at a central Minnesota school district Wednesday. Schools in Eden Valley-Watkins were locked down after the words "I see dead people" appeared next to a picture of the school.

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Facebook Post Puts Eden Valley-Watkins Schools On Lockdown

Jim Maurice — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 19:54:43 +0000

A central Minnesota school district was under lockdown Wednesday after a possible threat was posted on Facebook. Eden Valley-Watkins Superintendent Larry Peterson says the high school principal saw the possible threat posted on the school's page sometime late Tuesday or early Wednesday.

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