COCOA BEACH, Fla. – A “suspicious incident” caused Cocoa Beach Junior/Senior High School to be evacuated on Tuesday, according to police.
Cocoa Beach police announced on social media that buildings were evacuated due to a bomb threat made on social media.
Detectives said last week that a suspect who lives out of the state was identified. On Monday, police said Phillip Taylor, of Arkansas, was arrested in connection with the threat.
Taylor will be extradited to Brevard County, where he will await trial, police said.
At the time, police said students were safe and did not need to be picked up from school.
At 1:34 p.m., police said that they had cleared the school and students were able to return to classrooms.
“The school will send updates to parents with any additional changes with student’s schedules,” a news release read in part.
It was the second threat at Cocoa Beach Junior/Senior High School in as many days. On Monday police arrested a 13-year-old boy after a threat online was identified.
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