Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Authorities have deemed the threat a hoax.
In what has become somewhat of a regular occurance, Union County College's Cranford campus was visited by law enforcement personnel again this afternoon following a threat that was received by the school. "Union County College’s Public Safety issued an 'all clear' at 3:30 p.m. after sweeping the Cranford campus in response to this nebulous threat," said Stephen D. Nacco, Vice President & Executive Assistant to the President. Nacco said the college received a "vague phone threat" at approximately 2 p.m. today. The college's Public Safety Department "took appropriate action for a Level I threat," Nacco said. According to the handbook used by the college to handle public safety incidents, a Level I threat is described as a "hoax caller; …
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Tuesday, April 17, 2012
The Cranford campus has been evacuated for the third time this month. Classes resumed at 4:30 p.m.
The FBI, Cranford and Union County Police are investigating a "non-specific threat" received by Union County college this afternoon. According to Stephen D. Nacco, vice president and executive assistant to the president of Union County College, "in response to a non-specific threat to the college, received at 2:45 p.m., polce are on the Cranford campus investigating." This is the third time this month that police have been forced to evacuate the campus. The first two times - first on April 2 and again on April 11 - bomb threats were called in. All three of the calls were received at approximately 3 p.m. and so far, all have proven to be a hoax. This time, in addition to the local police, county police, bomb squad and Sheriff's Department K…
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Wednesday, April 11, 2012
The Cranford campus of UCC was re-opened at about 3:20 p.m. after police investigated the college.
For the second time this month, Union County College's Cranford campus has been the victim of a bomb threat that turned out to be a hoax. According to Detective Lt. James Wozniak of the Craford Police Department, a bomb threat was called into the college. The call was received at approximately 3 p.m. Local police immediately responded to the Springfield Avenue campus and evacuated the buildings. "We called in the Sheriff's Department K-9 Unit and the Bomb Squad to sweep the buildings," Wozniak said. Following a search of the buildings, law enforcement officials determined that the bomb threat was a hoax. The campus was re-opened at about 3:20 p.m. and classes resumed. Wozniak said the investigation and evacuation of the campus resulted in …
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Monday, April 2, 2012
Union County Bomb Squad and K-9 Unites swept all three UCC campuses in the wake of a bomb threat that was received Monday afternoon.
All three campuses of Union County College, including the Cranford location on Springfield Avenue, were evacuated Monday afternoon following what proved a bomb threat was a hoax, according to Union County Police. Police responded to Union County College following reports of a bomb threat that was received at about 3:15 p.m. Monday. Just after 4 p.m., fire alarms began to sound throughout the camus as students, staff and faculty were evacuated from all of the buildings on the campus. Union County Police Chief Daniel Vaniska said law enforcement learned that the Cranford campus of UCC was the target of the bomb threat. Union County College has campuses in Cranford, Plainfield and Elizabeth. Classes at all three locations were cancelled for …
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Brendan Galligan
8:56 pm on Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Since the threats seem to come in around the same time/day every week, it shouldn't be too hard to figure out who is behind it. You can probably narrow it down to less than 20 people if the school looks into which professor has rescheduled the same exam every week for the last month... more ›