St. Johns County high school students, staff return to class following bomb threat evacuation

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – Students at a St. Johns County high school were evacuated Monday morning following a bomb threat that was later found to be an apparent hoax.

According to the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office, investigators got information Monday morning from someone who was on a “dark web” site and observed a photo of a backpack and language about a “few bombs” being placed around Creekside High School in St. Johns.

Real-Time Intelligence Center (RTIC) analysts discovered the photograph was associated with a bomb threat investigation from 2011 in Spokane, Washington.

Out of caution, students and staff were evacuated to a safe location while a K9 searched the school.

Around 10:30 a.m., the sheriff’s office said the school was reopened and students and staff were returning to campus after nothing concerning was found.