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Hewlett High School was evacuated
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Faculty members, students and other school employees evacuated from Hewlett High School on June 9 congregated on football field.
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The suspicious package found at Hewlett High School was determined to be a pressure cooker and backpack left unattended in the building.
Vanessa Parker/Herald
Nassau County police determined that a suspicious package found in what is being called a common area of Hewlett High School at 12:35 p.m. on June 9 was a backpack, along with a pressure cooker being used for a science project that was left unattended.
The high school was evacuated, and faculty members, students and other school employees waited on the football field before it was deemed safe to return to the building.
A special operations truck and at least eight police cars and two police ambulances responded to the scene.
No injuries were reported, and no arrests were made. The investigation is continuing, police said.
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