Hoax threat made at Bishop Connolly High School in Fall River: What we know

FALL RIVER — A threatening phone call that turned out to be a hoax prompted a heavy police presence at Bishop Connolly High School and a lockdown o...

February 17, 2023
1:10 AM

FALL RIVER — A threatening phone call that turned out to be a hoax prompted a heavy police presence at Bishop Connolly High School and a lockdown of all Fall River public and Catholic schools Tuesday morning. According to Fall River Police spokesman Sgt. Moses Pereira, on Tuesday morning the Police Department received a telephone call from an unknown individual communicating a threat directed at Bishop Connolly. This incident happened just hours before the inauguration of Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M.

Ashley Schuler