This kind of thing is happening more and more these days. Be sure you know the rules and regulations for geocaching in your area before placing a cache...
For Immediate Release
April 20, 2009
Suspicious package at Fairview determined to be a geocaching device
City of Boulder Police are on scene at Fairview High School after receiving a report of a suspicious package outside the school at 1515 Greenbriar Blvd. All students and staff have evacuated the building and are safe. The suspicious package has been cleared and determined to be a geocaching device.
The incident happened at about 11:40 a.m. when a teacher noticed a man and a woman burying some kind of box near the stone sign in front of the school. When they finished burying the box, the suspects drove away. The suspects are described as a middle-aged male and female driving a cream-colored SUV with Nebraska license plates. Police have put out an alert on the vehicle.
When officers arrived, they determined that the school should be evacuated and called for the bomb squad. The bomb squad has determined that the box was a geocaching device, not a bomb. The bomb squad is still checking two backpacks that were left abandoned inside the school.
All students were relocated to Southern Hills Middle School, 1500 Knox Drive. Fairview High School has been closed for the rest of the day. District officials have notified other schools in the area.
This investigation is continuing, and criminal charges are likely.
April 20, 2009
Suspicious package at Fairview determined to be a geocaching device
City of Boulder Police are on scene at Fairview High School after receiving a report of a suspicious package outside the school at 1515 Greenbriar Blvd. All students and staff have evacuated the building and are safe. The suspicious package has been cleared and determined to be a geocaching device.
The incident happened at about 11:40 a.m. when a teacher noticed a man and a woman burying some kind of box near the stone sign in front of the school. When they finished burying the box, the suspects drove away. The suspects are described as a middle-aged male and female driving a cream-colored SUV with Nebraska license plates. Police have put out an alert on the vehicle.
When officers arrived, they determined that the school should be evacuated and called for the bomb squad. The bomb squad has determined that the box was a geocaching device, not a bomb. The bomb squad is still checking two backpacks that were left abandoned inside the school.
All students were relocated to Southern Hills Middle School, 1500 Knox Drive. Fairview High School has been closed for the rest of the day. District officials have notified other schools in the area.
This investigation is continuing, and criminal charges are likely.
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4 comments:
Wow. Are you kidding me? Criminal charges? I can understand the headache, time and cost involved for dispatching police. But isn't it sad that this is the first conclusion we jump to in today's society?
It states right in the guidlines for placing a geocache (www.geocaching.com) that a cache cannot be buried."Caches that are buried. If a shovel, trowel or other "pointy" object is used to dig, whether in order to hide or to find the cache, then it is not appropriate. They should not have been burying the cache.
Buried no, covered up? They can be. Many caches are covered with loose items such as rocks, tree bark or branches. Thats not considered "buried". And as for criminal charges and an APB on the vehical in question - that is totally out of line. By that token, anyone who geocaches would be considered a criminal. While geocachers have to be responsible with the game, this paranoid society of ours also needs to lighten up!
Guidelines also state, no caches near SCHOOLS, military bases,.... DUH!
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