(Council Bluffs, Iowa) – Officials with the Council Bluffs Police Department report a school was placed in lockdown status this (Tuesday) morning, following an alleged threat of violence. Authorities says 10:22-a.m., Council Bluffs Police Officers responded to the Franklin Elementary Elementary School, for a report by 39-year-old Joyce Sweeney, of Council Bluffs, that a third party was on their way to “shoot up the school.” Officers were on scene within minutes. School staff followed their lockdown procedures preventing access into the school. Nearby schools were advised to go into lockdown as a precaution.

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After an investigation, it was determined the threat was not credible, and Sweeney was charged with Providing False Information. Providing False Information is a simple misdemeanor, punishable by 30 days in jail or a fine. Sweeny was banned from the school for the rest of the school year.

All schools were released from lockdown within 25 minutes of the start of the incident.