Student admits 'powder' hoax, police say - California

Posted May 4, 2004 7:07 PM.

Student admits 'powder' hoax, police say
Incident evacuates middle school, shuts emergency room

Staff reports

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Police say an eighth-grade student at Green Acres Middle School has admitted he is responsible for a “white powder” envelope hoax that created panic at the school Tuesday and at one point closed the waiting room at Kaweah Delta Hospital's emergency department.

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Two teachers and two vice principals who may have come in contact with the envelope were taken to a decontamination unit established outside Kaweah Delta Hospital. In addition, five other teachers drove themselves to the hospital and asked to be tested

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Alan Landon, a Green Acres teacher, said he noticed the envelope on the ground and picked it up, thinking it was trash.

On the envelope was written “$200,” in pencil, looking like it was written by a student, Landon said. He said it was well sealed, and when he opened it he saw a note inside but when he saw some white power fell out he took it to the school’s office and emergency crews were called.

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