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Nobody found in police search of Blue Springs elementary after early-morning break-in

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BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. — Blue Springs police have given the all-clear after an early morning break-in at Franklin Smith Elementary.

Officers responded to an alarm call at the school around 1 a.m. One of the officers confronted a subject leaving the building with what appeared to be tablets or laptops in his hands.

When he saw they officer, he dropped the computer equipment and ran back into the building.

Police established a perimeter and SWAT was called out to search the building.

After several hours of searching, no one was found in the building, and it was turned back over to school district maintenance personnel and officers on the scene.