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Hudson Valley Woman Charged With Calling In Bomb Threat To Hospital
A Hudson Valley woman has been charged with falsely reporting an incident after allegedly reporting a bomb threat at an area hospital. Related: Bomb Threat At Wallkill Hospital, No Explosive Devices Found, Police Say Orange County resident Donna Inga, age 64, of New Hampton was arrested on Wednesday, March 27. According to Lt. Robert McLymore of the town of Wallkill Police, on Wednesday, March 20, members of the police department responded to a report of a bomb threat at Garnet Health Medical Center in Middletown. The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office contacted the Tow…
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Update: Patient Charged After Bomb Threat Evacuates Hospital In Region
This story has been updated. A former patient is facing charges in connection with a hoax bomb threat that forced the partial evacuation of a hospital in the region. The Saratoga County incident happened at around 8 a.m. Thursday, March 21, at the Saratoga Hospital on Church Street in Saratoga Springs. Police said officers responded to the hospital’s emergency department for a reported bomb threat. The area was briefly evacuated while the agency used an explosive detection K-9 team to sweep the building. No explosive devices were found, and nobody was injured. In an update hours later, S…
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Bomb Threat At Hudson Valley Hospital, No Explosive Devices Found, Police Say
A bomb threat at a Hudson Valley hospital caused a complete search of the building, but no explosives were found. The incident occurred in Orange County at Garnet Health Medical Center in the town of Wallkill on Wednesday, March 20. Deputy Chief of Wallkill Police Antonino Spano, said the department received a call from the Putnam County Sheriff's Office alerting them to a caller indicating a bomb threat at the hospital. Spano said the call was placed from the Mid-Hudson Forensic Psychiatric Center in Goshen. After conferring with Garnet Health Medical Center security…
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Bomb Threat Evacuates Casino, Hotel In Region
Slot machines and blackjack games came to an abrupt halt after a bomb threat was made against a casino in the region. The Saratoga County incident happened at around 10 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 4, at the Saratoga Casino Hotel located in Saratoga Springs. Police said guests and employees were evacuated after a bomb threat was made against the property. Members of the Saratoga Springs Police Department and Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office swept the building using explosive detection dogs and determined the building was safe. It was not immediately clear how employees first learned of the threat. …
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Threat Of Bombs At Poughkeepsie Galleria Mall Leads To Evacuation, Search, Police Say
A busy Sunday at a mall in the region quickly turned to fear when officials began evacuating the building due to a bomb threat. The incident took place in Dutchess County at the Poughkeepsie Galleria on Sunday, Oct. 29 just before 2 p.m. Capt. Michael O'Dowd of the town of Poughkeepsie Police said 911 received a call reporting that bombs had been placed at the Galleria. The call was immediately transferred to town police who responded and met with Galleria management and the decision was made to evacuate the building as a precaution, O'Dowd said. At the request of the mall, K-9 team…
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Man Calls In Bomb Threat To Daycare In Region, Police Say
A 28-year-old man is accused of calling in a bomb threat to a daycare in the region, authorities said. The incident happened Wednesday, March 15, in Saratoga County, at a childcare center in Clifton Park, according to State Police. Troopers were called at around 2:30 p.m. after a man reportedly called the daycare and stated, “bomb threat." The call prompted employees to activate their emergency response plan and evacuate children and staff members from the building. The facility was searched using K9 officers and was eventually deemed safe, police said. Nobody was injured and no explosive …
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New Update: Hudson Valley Elementary School Evacuated Due To Bomb Threat
This story has been updated. A Hudson Valley elementary school was evacuated due to a bomb threat. The incident took place in Rockland County on Thursday, Dec. 15 at New City Elementary School in New City. According to Det. Norm Peters, of the Clarkstown Police, school staff told police that a caller stated there a bomb in the school. The phone call abruptly ended and the Clarkstown Police Department was notified. As the initial responding officers arrived on the scene students were already being evacuated from the building and placed onto school buses in order to be safely mov…
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Hoax Bomb Threat In Region Under Investigation
A 911 call reporting an armed man with pipe bombs in the Capital District was all just a hoax, police said. Officers were called shortly after noon Monday, Aug. 15 following reports of a man who allegedly had a gun and had placed two pipe bombs in Schenectady near Webster Street and 7th Avenue. Responding officers blocked off the surrounding area and evacuated several nearby homes out of precaution, Schenectady Police said. The call prompted officers from outside agencies to respond, along with a Schenectady Police K9 unit. But after a thorough search and investigation, police deter…
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Teen Charged For Making Threat To School In Area
A 17-year-old Hudson Valley teen has been arrested for allegedly making a bomb threat via social media that caused an area school to be evacuated. The incident took place in Orange County in the city of Newburgh on Monday, May 2, at the Newburgh Free Academy’s North Campus. The teen was arrested on Friday, May 6, by the city of Newburgh police following a collaborative investigation with the New York State Police, the Hudson Valley Safe Streets Task Force, and the FBI, said the City of Newburgh Police. The threat was made via social media and was directed toward the Newburgh…
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Albany Jewish Community Center Evacuated After Bomb Threat
The Albany Jewish Community Center was briefly evacuated Wednesday, May 4, over a bomb threat. Albany Police said the threat came in early Wednesday morning via email. Officers and K-9’s searched the building on Whitehall Road, but found nothing to indicate the threat was authentic, police said. In a post on Facebook, the JCC said it was delaying opening until 9 a.m. Police said they're working with the FBI field office in Albany to investigate the threat. So far no suspects have been identified.
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Bomb Threat Leads To Evacuation At School In Hudson Valley
Students and staff were forced to evacuate a school in Westchester after a bomb threat was made targeting a building within the district. The Woodland Middle High School in Greenburgh was evacuated at around 1 p.m. on Thursday, March 24, when there was a reported bomb threat made, district officials announced. According to officials, the students walked calmly to the neighboring Leffell School on West Hartsdale Avenue, where they were temporarily housed in the cafeteria with faculty support. In response to the threat, there was also an increased police presence at the schools as a precauti…
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Bomb Threat at Stewart Airport Unfounded, State Police Say
This story has been updated. State police say a bomb threat called into New York Stewart International Airport was unfounded. State Police Spokesman Steven Nevel said a person called 911 at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 22, to report a bomb threat at the airport in Orange County located in New Windsor. State police sent police dogs capable of detecting bombs to the airport. "We automatically send bomb dogs and extra troopers when there is a bomb threat," Nevel said. Troopers from the Montgomery barracks searched the premises and failed to find any explosives. The New York Port Authority said the…
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Dutchess Man Threatening To Set His Vehicle On Fire Surrenders, Police Say
A man was taken to an area hospital for observation after calling the police and telling them he was sitting in a vehicle doused with gasoline and explosives. The incident took place around 1 a.m., Sunday, April 11, on Main Street in the City of Beacon, said Detective Sergeant Jason Johnson of the City of Beacon Police Department. According to Johnson, the 64-year man called Dutchess County 911 and stated that he was sitting in his vehicle doused in gasoline with explosives and a loaded firearm. He also threatened to use them if anyone approached, Johnson said. …
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Bomb Threat Leads To Evacuation Of FDR High School
A written statement about a bomb threat located inside a bathroom forced the evacuation of an area high school. The Town of Hyde Park Police received the report of the threat made at Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School On Friday, March 6. The Hyde Park Police Department school resource officer immediately began working with the FDR staff to investigate the threat. A joint decision was made to evacuate the building and send the students home early. The Hyde Park Police Department requested assistance from the Dutchess County Sheriffs Office K-9&…
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Area Man Threatens To Bomb Community Services Department, Sheriff Says
A Monticello man was charged with making a bomb threat of a public building after allegedly making a threat by phone.Xzavier Oladipo, 30, of Monticello, was arrested on Wednesday, March 20, after the Sullivan County Community Services in Liberty received a bomb threat via telephone around 10:13 a.m., said Sullivan County Undersheriff Eric Chaboty. Sheriff's deputies responded to the scene and immediately conducted a search of the area with negative results. The phone call was then traced and led to a suspect in the Village of Monticello, Chaboty said. About two hours later sheriff…
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Employees Evacuated After Bomb Threat At Route 9 Business
A bomb threat to a business with 20 employees busy at work brought a quick response from emergency responders in Putnam County. Putnam County sheriff’s deputies responded to T. Webber Plumbing and Heating, located at 3365 Route 9 in the Town of Philipstown, on the call of a bomb threat on Thursday, Dec. 13 at approximately 2 p.m., Sheriff Robert L. Langley Jr. said. Upon arrival to the scene, deputies set a perimeter around the premises and evacuated the building. In addition to the deputies, the Emergency Service Unit (ESU) of the Sheriff’s Department, the New York State Police and t…
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Sandy Hook Elementary Receives Bomb Threat On 6th Anniversary Of Massacre
Sandy Hook Elementary School students were sent home Friday morning after the school received a bomb threat on the sixth anniversary of a mass shooting that left 20 first-graders and six educators dead. School personnel reported the threat to Newtown Police around 9 a.m. Friday, said Lt. Aaron Bahamonde. Police went to Sandy Hook School to investigate the threat and it is currently being investigated by members of the Newtown Police Department, he said. "The school was safely and orderly evacuated for precautionary reasons and so that a thorough sweep of the school could be performed," Ba…
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Bomb Threat Made To Dover Schools An 'Unfounded Prank,' Sheriff Says
The investigation into a pair of bomb threats that forced the evacuation of all four schools of the Dover Union Free School District was determined to be an “unfounded prank,” according to the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office. Investigators from the Sheriff’s Office and New York State Police were dispatched to the Dover High School at approximately 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning, when two non-specific bomb threats were made over the phone. The Sheriff's Office said that because the threats were not specific to a specific school or building, the high school, Middle School and both elementary…
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Bomb Threats At Dover School District Under Investigation
The Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a pair of bomb threats that forced the evacuation of all four schools of the Dover Union Free School District. Investigators from the Sheriff’s Office and New York State Police were dispatched to the Dover High School at approximately 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning, when two non-specific bomb threats were made over the phone. The Sheriff's Office said that because the threats were not specific to a specific school or building, the high school, Middle School and both elementary schools in the district were evacuated and searched by invest…
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Two Lakeland HS Students Charged In Bomb Threat That Caused Evacuation
Two Northern Westchester teenage girls are facing felony charges after making a bomb threat in a bathroom that forced the evacuation of Lakeland High School last week. The Yorktown Police Department announced the arrests of Mohegan Lake residents Emma Lineau, 16, and Alexandra Pujol, 17, on Monday. The two face first-degree falsely reporting an incident charges -- a Class D felony -- for their roles in making a threat in the bathroom that forced a school-wide evacuation. A Lakeland High School resource officer reported the bomb threat shortly after 10:30 a.m. on Feb. 1, saying that it was…
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