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\"\"<\/a>Jamestown Public Schools<\/strong> said a threat made to students at Persell Middle School<\/strong> Tuesday was found to not be credible.<\/p>\n

JPS officials said they became aware of a threat received via FaceTime early Monday night. The students who received it reported it staff members who notified the Jamestown Police Department<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

JPD determined there was no credible threat to the school or to the students. The School District said that they and JPD are continuing to monitor the situation with parents and guardians of those directly involved being contacted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jamestown Public Schools said a threat made to students at Persell Middle School Tuesday was found to not be credible. JPS officials said they became aware of a threat received via FaceTime early Monday night. The students who received it reported it staff members who notified the Jamestown Police Department. JPD determined there was no […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":7409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[1157,1158,1785],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/jps-log-feature.png?fit=332%2C190&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3YlJ4-d9u","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3882,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/morning-news-jpd-says-there-is-no-truth-behind-rumors-at-high-school\/","url_meta":{"origin":50560,"position":0},"title":"MORNING NEWS: JPD Says There is No Truth Behind Rumors at High School","author":"WRFA Radio","date":"December 21, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"JAMESTOWN - Some rumors at Jamestown High School have led to both parents and students being on edge the past few days, but according to the Jamestown Police Department, no credible evidence has been found to substantiate any of them. 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