Crime & Safety
Visiting Former L'Anse Creuse Student Causes School Lockdown
Three L'Anse Creuse Schools were closed Tuesday after a report of a suspicious person in L'Anse Creuse High School.
Classes were canceled Tuesday morning at three L'Anse Creuse after a person in military gear was seen in L'Anse Creuse High School, according to a report by WJBK-TV.
L'Anse Creuse High School, L'Anse Creuse Middle School-Central and Graham Elementary were all closed as the Macomb County Sheriff's Office investigated the report.
High school students en route to the school via bus transported to a “safe location” until the decision was made to close the school, according to Kelly Allen, director for Public and Community Relations.
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Macomb County Sheriff Anthony Wickersham told the television station that the man was a 21-year-old former student and airman at Selfridge Air National Guard Base.
Wickersham stated in the report that the former student was in the school to meet with a counselor. He was questioned and released, the sheriff told WJBK.
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High school students scheduled to take the Michigan Merit Exam/ACT this week will make up the test at a later date, which has yet to be determined.
Wind Symphony Practice and Taste of the Town will continue as scheduled.
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