jason
02-16-2007, 01:50 PM
Schools lock down over Batman report
February 16, 2007
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Holy bad joke!
Three schools in a northern Phoenix suburb were on lockdown for about 45 minutes Wednesday after a student at Desert Arroyo Middle School reported seeing a person dressed as Batman run across campus, jump a fence and disappear into the desert.
Officials later said it was a false report and disciplinary actions were being considered against the student, who was not identified.
The student had described the masked person as 6-foot-3-inches tall and possibly male. Police investigated the report and helicopters searched the area.
The result: no Batman.
''We encourage students to be honest and forthright, and we feel bad when a student makes a bad decision. We're in an area where we're in a desert, and we have to take these reports seriously,'' said Nedda Shafir, a school spokeswoman.
February 16, 2007
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Holy bad joke!
Three schools in a northern Phoenix suburb were on lockdown for about 45 minutes Wednesday after a student at Desert Arroyo Middle School reported seeing a person dressed as Batman run across campus, jump a fence and disappear into the desert.
Officials later said it was a false report and disciplinary actions were being considered against the student, who was not identified.
The student had described the masked person as 6-foot-3-inches tall and possibly male. Police investigated the report and helicopters searched the area.
The result: no Batman.
''We encourage students to be honest and forthright, and we feel bad when a student makes a bad decision. We're in an area where we're in a desert, and we have to take these reports seriously,'' said Nedda Shafir, a school spokeswoman.