'Significant' bomb threat forced evacuation at Manatee County high school

Manatee County law enforcement completed a sweep of Parrish Community High School after what Manatee County Administrator Dr. Scott Hopes called a "significant" bomb threat. The Manatee County Sheriff's Office said that the threat stated there would be two detonations at 8:15 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. The school then decided to evacuate everyone out of an abundance of caution, clearing the school by 9:45 a.m. During a news conference Tuesday afternoon, Sheriff Rick Wells said the threat came in through the Fortify Florida app. The app allows users to submit anonymous tips. Wells said the threat came from someone in Florida using a VPN to hide their online information and disguise the IP address as California and the host site as Romania.