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Student had a bong in his car, tipster said. Massachusetts police heard ‘bomb.’
A high school in Holliston, Massachusetts — not far from Boston — had a scary Friday morning when an anonymous tipster called police to report a suspicious item in the school’s parking lot, according to a Holliston Public Schools Facebook post.
The caller reported a “bong” in a student's car — but what police heard was “bomb,” the school said.
Police immediately called school leaders, and the high school’s parking lot was blocked off so authorities could investigate, the school said.
Meanwhile, police, fire and school officials worked together to figure out who the anonymous caller was — and who the student with the “bomb” was. School staff spoke to the tipster, who “emphatically and convincingly” told them the intent was to report the student for having a bong on school property, not a bomb, the school said.
