Dobson High School bomb threat: Student in custody, lockdown lifted

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Dobson High School bomb threat.
Photographer: ABC15
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Posted: 02/08/2013

MESA, AZ - Police have a student in custody after a bomb threat was called in to a Mesa high school Friday.

Mesa police say that Dobson High School near Guadalupe and Dobson roads was on lockdown but has since been cleared.

Students have since gone back to class.

Air15 video showed a police car out in front of the school and students walking around campus. Several police officers were also seen on campus.

Police did not release the identity of the suspect.

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