'Creepy clown' scare involving two schools in the Tustin Unified School District

Tustin police says it received calls from students at Pioneer Middle School and Columbus Tustin Middle School regarding social media posts from the Twitter account 'Irvine Clowns.'

The account was set-up early yesterday morning and mentioned several schools in the Tustin Unified School District.

There have been no direct threats to Tustin schools or students and there have been no clown sightings in Tustin.

This account has since been suspended by Twitter.

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