{
  "id": "2022-03-29-lorain-county-community-college-bomb-threat",
  "slug": "lorain-county-community-college-bomb-threat-2022-03-29",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Lorain County Community College",
    "shortName": "LCCC",
    "state": "OH",
    "type": "community-college",
    "alertSystemName": "LCCC Alert",
    "enrollment": 10000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2022-03-29",
    "type": "bomb-threat",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "headline": "Third bomb threat in six days forces another campus evacuation; no devices found",
    "headlinePublic": "Third bomb threat in six days forces another campus evacuation; no devices found",
    "summary": "Lorain County Community College in Elyria, Ohio, evacuated its campus on the morning of March 29, 2022, after its [third bomb threat in six days](https://www.cleveland19.com/2022/03/29/3rd-bomb-threat-lorain-county-community-college/). The threat arrived around 9 a.m. through the college's online student chat portal, and Elyria police conducted a building-by-building sweep that found no devices. The wave continued into April, with [a fourth threat closing all LCCC campuses on April 19](https://www.cleveland19.com/2022/04/19/another-bomb-threat-closes-lorain-county-community-college/)."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "Bomb Threat on Campus - Evacuate Immediately\nOur campus has received another non-specific bomb threat. Please evacuate the campus immediately. Law enforcement is on campus.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/lorainccc/status/1508795553060368384",
      "sourceDescription": "@lorainccc evacuation alert",
      "annotations": [
        "WKYC quoted only the post's first line ('Bomb Threat on Campus - Evacuate Immediately') as the alert LCCC sent at 9:17 a.m. EDT on March 29, 2022; the full @lorainccc post adds that the threat was non-specific, that it was another one, and that law enforcement was on campus, but it names no building or area.",
        "Cleveland 19 reported the threat came in around 9 a.m. through the college's online student chat portal, an unusual delivery channel for a campus bomb threat.",
        "2026-09-28 P8: news clipping was the first line only. Replaced with the full @lorainccc post. Dual fxtwitter read."
      ],
      "characterCount": 172,
      "timestamp": "2022-03-29T09:17:46-04:00"
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2022-03-29T13:52:33-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "Campus Reopens Wednesday\nAll LCCC campuses will remain closed through today, Tuesday, March 29, and all classes are cancelled. \nThe campus will reopen and all classes will resume tomorrow, Wednesday, March 30.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/lorainccc/status/1508864705401692164",
      "sourceDescription": "@lorainccc campus closed through Tuesday",
      "annotations": [
        "Follow-up captured 2026-09-28. Dual fxtwitter read."
      ],
      "characterCount": 209
    },
    {
      "sequence": 3,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2022-03-29T13:58:37-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "Update: \nCampus Reopens Wednesday\nAll LCCC campuses will remain closed through today, Tuesday, March 29, and all classes are cancelled. \nThe campus will reopen and all classes will resume tomorrow, Wednesday, March 30.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/lorainccc/status/1508866230404456450",
      "sourceDescription": "@lorainccc thread update, campus reopens Wednesday",
      "annotations": [
        "Follow-up captured 2026-09-28. Dual fxtwitter read."
      ],
      "characterCount": 218
    },
    {
      "sequence": 4,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2022-03-29T16:50:34-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "Remote Classes and Services This Week\nAs the investigation into the unsubstantiated bomb threats continues, classes and services will be remote for the remainder of this week.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/lorainccc/status/1508909504318119938",
      "sourceDescription": "@lorainccc remote classes this week",
      "annotations": [
        "Follow-up captured 2026-09-28. Dual fxtwitter read."
      ],
      "characterCount": 175
    },
    {
      "sequence": 5,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2022-03-29T16:53:05-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "Update:\nRemote Classes and Services This Week\nAs the investigation into the unsubstantiated bomb threats continues, classes and services will be remote for the remainder of this week.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/lorainccc/status/1508910134923350028",
      "sourceDescription": "@lorainccc thread update, remote classes",
      "annotations": [
        "Follow-up captured 2026-09-28. Dual fxtwitter read."
      ],
      "characterCount": 183
    },
    {
      "sequence": 6,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2022-03-29T16:53:15-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "Update: Remote Classes and Services This Week\nAs the investigation into the unsubstantiated bomb threats continues, classes and services will be remote for the remainder of this week.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/lorainccc/status/1508910177407414274",
      "sourceDescription": "@lorainccc thread update, remote classes",
      "annotations": [
        "Follow-up captured 2026-09-28. Dual fxtwitter read."
      ],
      "characterCount": 183
    },
    {
      "sequence": 7,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2022-03-30T09:16:41-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "Remote Classes and Services This Week - March 30-April 3\nAs the investigation into the unsubstantiated bomb threats continues, classes and services will be remote for the remainder of this week.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/lorainccc/status/1509157667302002692",
      "sourceDescription": "@lorainccc remote classes March 30-April 3",
      "annotations": [
        "Follow-up captured 2026-09-28. Dual fxtwitter read."
      ],
      "characterCount": 194
    },
    {
      "sequence": 8,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2022-03-30T15:21:59-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "Remote Classes and Services This Week - \nMarch 30-April 3",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/lorainccc/status/1509249600640663559",
      "sourceDescription": "@lorainccc remote-classes label",
      "annotations": [
        "Follow-up captured 2026-09-28. Dual fxtwitter read."
      ],
      "characterCount": 57
    }
  ],
  "context": "Lorain County Community College, the main public two-year institution west of Cleveland in Elyria, faced a cluster of bomb threats in spring 2022. The March 29 threat (its [third in six days](https://www.cleveland19.com/2022/03/29/3rd-bomb-threat-lorain-county-community-college/)) arrived around 9 a.m. EDT via the college's online student chat portal and prompted a full evacuation while Elyria police searched building by building and found nothing. The pattern did not end there: [Cleveland 19 News reported a fourth threat on April 19, 2022](https://www.cleveland19.com/2022/04/19/another-bomb-threat-closes-lorain-county-community-college/) that closed all LCCC campuses, making four threats in under a month. The episode mirrored the broader 2022 surge in bomb threats against U.S. colleges and illustrated the operational toll of repeated evacuations on an open-enrollment commuter campus.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "The March 29 threat was LCCC's third bomb threat in six days, arriving via the online student chat portal",
    "Elyria police conducted a building-by-building sweep and found no devices",
    "A fourth threat on April 19 closed all LCCC campuses, totaling four threats in under a month"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "3rd bomb threat reported at Lorain County Community College - Cleveland 19 News",
      "url": "https://www.cleveland19.com/2022/03/29/3rd-bomb-threat-lorain-county-community-college/",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Another bomb threat closes Lorain County Community College - Cleveland 19 News",
      "url": "https://www.cleveland19.com/2022/04/19/another-bomb-threat-closes-lorain-county-community-college/",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Lorain County Community College shifting to remote learning after 3rd bomb threat in less than a week - WKYC",
      "url": "https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/lorain-county/lorain-county-community-college-bomb-threat-evacuation/95-cfb00d3d-6296-40d2-902b-4673466f741c",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "@lorainccc initial",
      "url": "https://x.com/lorainccc/status/1508795553060368384",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-09-28"
    },
    {
      "title": "@lorainccc campus closed through Tuesday",
      "url": "https://x.com/lorainccc/status/1508864705401692164",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-09-28"
    },
    {
      "title": "@lorainccc thread update, campus reopens Wednesday",
      "url": "https://x.com/lorainccc/status/1508866230404456450",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-09-28"
    },
    {
      "title": "@lorainccc remote classes this week",
      "url": "https://x.com/lorainccc/status/1508909504318119938",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-09-28"
    },
    {
      "title": "@lorainccc thread update, remote classes",
      "url": "https://x.com/lorainccc/status/1508910134923350028",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-09-28"
    },
    {
      "title": "@lorainccc thread update, remote classes",
      "url": "https://x.com/lorainccc/status/1508910177407414274",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-09-28"
    },
    {
      "title": "@lorainccc remote classes March 30-April 3",
      "url": "https://x.com/lorainccc/status/1509157667302002692",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-09-28"
    },
    {
      "title": "@lorainccc remote-classes label",
      "url": "https://x.com/lorainccc/status/1509249600640663559",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-09-28"
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  ],
  "confidence": "medium",
  "tags": [
    "bomb-threat",
    "evacuation",
    "community-college",
    "ohio",
    "serial-threats",
    "emergency-notification"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-05-29",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-10-05",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}