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Byline: Christina Salerno
Sep. 21--PATTERSON -- A day after Patterson High School was locked down because of widespread fighting, a teacher found three shotgun shell casings in a classroom, sparking another security scare.
Sheriff's spokesman Royjindar Singh said the shotgun shells were placed in a manner that was "meant to be found" as a prank or an act of intimidation. The casings likely were dropped at the school early Thursday, he said, because deputies thoroughly swept all the classrooms the previous day and didn't find them.
Dogs searched the campus Wednesday and again Thursday, looking for weapons, Singh said.
Other schools in Stanislaus County increased security as a precaution.
Modesto police put extra patrols around junior high and high school campuses, Sgt. Pat Kimes said. He said the investigation in Patterson so far…