TIFTON — One person has been arrested in connection to a bomb threat to Tift County High School on Apr. 26, according to Detective Lieutenant Daniel Ray with the Tifton Police Department.

The arrest came within hours of the school’s evacuation during end-of-year testing after an anonymous caller said there was a bomb on campus.

Ray said that no other information about the ongoing investigation is available as of press time.

Brandon Johnson, System Security Officer for Tift County Schools, said that the call was made to the school at 10:52 a.m.

“At that time, Tift schools did go directly into their protocol of being on code red lockdown,” Johnson said. “Once they went into a code red lockdown, law enforcement was notified. They then responded by going to code green, which means they should evacuate the building.”

Johnson said that the evacuation order was given at 11 a.m. and the building was completely evacuated of all 2,200 students and 200 faculty and staff by 11:14 a.m.

The building was swept by personnel from the Tifton Police Department, Georgia State Patrol, Tift County Emergency Management Agency, Tifton Fire Department, Tift County Fire/Rescue  and Tift County school resource officers. They were unable to locate any kind of explosive device, according to Tifton Police Department Captain Steve Hyman.

The building was cleared for students to go back in at approximately 12:30 p.m.

Johnson said that the investigation into who called in the threat was turned over to the Tifton Police Department.

Johnson was asked about social media rumors regarding a possible threat against Eighth Street Middle School.

“Sometime between Monday and Tuesday there was a shooting threat made towards Northeast Middle School,” Johnson said. “Tifton PD came in and they were able to promptly address that issue.”

He said that one young man was questioned by police about the threat but that no arrest was made.

“Living in a social media driven era we live in, the issue lingered,” he said. “Eighth Street Middle School somehow got pulled into it. That was an issue I was made aware of earlier this morning. Myself, along with other officers, responded directly to the scene this morning and ensured that the principal was aware and that the area was secure. I ensured there was an officer there when I left and went to visit other campuses.”

Johnson said that there was never any type of threat made against Eighth Street Middle School and that as far as the school system knows, there is no connection between the threat made against NMS and TCHS.

Johnson encouraged parents to check the school’s or school system’s social media for factual information during emergencies or contact the Tift County Board of Education office.

“The safety and security of Tift County students are of the utmost importance,” Johnson said.