Threat Received At Pinelands Regional Today, Subject In Custody

LITTLE EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, NJ - The Pinelands Regional district received a "threatening" message on Thursday morning and police now have a former student in custody, according to the police department Facebook page.

The message was received through an internal Pinelands Regional messaging system from the student, who no longer lives in the district, police said.

The school has an extra police presence and enhanced internal security measures as a precaution while the incident is throughly investigated by Little Egg police and the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office.

Photo: Courtesy of the Little Egg Harbor Police Department