Somerton, Arizona - On Thursday, August 16th, at approximately 10:25 a.m., the Somerton Police Departments 9-1-1 Center received a call from an unknown male indicating there was a “bomb in a Somerton school.” No further information was provided. Based on the vague information provided, as a precaution, Jerry Cabrera, Assistant Superintendent/Somerton School District decided to cancel classes for the remainder of the day for the Somerton School District. A total of 3500 students and staff were affected by this incident.
Somerton Police Department facilitated the school’s dismissal. As of now, classes in the Somerton School District were expected to resume Friday morning.
As a precautionary measure, Yuma MCAS Military Police K-9 unit was contacted to provide explosive K-9 support to assist in searching the schools. Officers from ADOT/Enforcement Compliance Division and Agents from the US Border Patrol also assisted is evacuating schools and searches. A through search of all the schools was conducted with no device(s) being located.
The Somerton Police Department detectives have since developed information they believe will lead them to an arrest in this case. If you have any information that might help detectives in this case, please contact Somerton Police at (928) 722-7300 or 78-Crime at (928) 782-7463 to remain anonymous.