On March 8, 2016 at 12:53 PM, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a bomb threat at Washington High School located on Slatestone Road in Washington. The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office takes all threats directed toward the public, businesses, and educational facilities seriously.
Washington Fire/Rescue/EMS, Beaufort County Emergency Management, the North Carolina State Highway Patrol, and Washington Police Department responded to the school to assist the Sheriff’s Office with a search of the school after all the students and faculty were evacuated.
Although the investigation is ongoing, interviews and searches have been conducted and at this time the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office has not found any credible threat to Washington High School or any other school in Beaufort County.
Anyone with information about this crime, is asked to contact the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office at (252) 946-0101 or Beaufort County Crime Stoppers by phone, text or through their website. Call (252) 974-6400; text a tip anonymously by dialing 274637 on a cell phone and in the body of the message, type BCSO131 and the tip; or submit a tip through the Crime Stoppers website, www.beaufortcountycrimestoppers.com, by following the “Tip Line” link and filling out an online form. Calls, texts and emails are anonymous. Crime Stoppers will pay up to $1,000.00 for information that leads to an arrest or the recovery of property in this case. Tipsters do not have to give their name to receive a reward.
