Be careful what you wear as you walk by a school around Halloween. That's the message police hoped to get out after a man who looked ready for war darted into the woods behind a school.
A camouflage-clad man walking home the morning after a Halloween bash, put two Bucks County schools on lockdown Friday morning.
Upper Southampton Township Police warned people to think of what they are wearing after Klinger Middle School along 2nd Street Pike in Southampton, Pennsylvania and nearby Davis Elementary School were put on lockdown around 6:50 a.m. after someone spotted a face-painted man in camouflage on the main entrance road to the wooded Tamanend Park, which is adjacent to the middle school.
When an officer asked why the man was trespassing in the closed park dressed in camouflage and began to search him for weapons, the man – who initially was cooperating – pushed away the officer and darted into the woods behind Klinger.
At that time, both schools were put on a precautionary lockdown that restricted movement within the schools as officers initiated an intense search the park, said police.
Police lifted the lockdown around 10 a.m. after they took the suspicious man – who turned out to be a 24-year-old township resident with no previous criminal record – into custody. The man told officers he was walking home from a party the night before in his costume.
The man was processed and released and would receive a summons by mail.
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Investigators said students were never in any danger and no weapons were found. And, photos on Klinger Middle's Twitter feed showed that the school's Halloween parade went on as planned.
Police urged the public to be careful how they dress for Halloween to avoid any other confusion.
