Poland Township Police are concluding their investigation into an alleged sighting of an armed individual on Clingan Road Thursday morning. 

Poland Township Police told 21 News a concerned citizen approached a patrolling township officer Thursday morning, with claims they saw a suspicious individual walking southbound on Clingan Rd., just north of US Route 224. The citizen also noted the individual was wearing a bullet-proof vest and carrying an assault-style rifle.

Poland Local Schools and Holy Family Catholic School initiated lockdown procedures after being notified of this potential nearby threat by police at approximately 9:30am.

Township Police Chief Greg Wilson told 21 News that after deploying officers and a drone to conduct two searches on the area, the township police department was unable to locate an individual matching the provided description. 

"We have no information that there is any immediate threat in this area," Chief Wilson told 21 News.

Wilson stressed that when investigating claims of any potential threat, the department feels it is important to pursue those claims as being true until proven otherwise. "We will take them seriously every single time, and we would follow any lead that we would get until we can show or prove that the information that we received is not credible," Chief Wilson said.