FIRST ON 3: Students brought inside after clowns reported at recess

PENDER COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — Several children reported seeing a clown in the woods during recess yesterday at South Topsail Elementary School.

Pender County Schools spokeswoman Miranda Roberts said, as a safety precaution, students who were on the playground were brought back into the building and the Pender County Sheriff’s Department was called to investigate.

She said the Sheriff’s Department did not find any evidence that someone had been in the wooded area where the clown was reportedly seen.