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'False Public Alarm': Bergen Homeless Shelter Bomb Scare Leads To Summons 'False Public Alarm': Bergen Homeless Shelter Bomb Scare Leads To Summons
'False Public Alarm': Bergen Homeless Shelter Bomb Scare Leads To Summons A man who authorities said frequents the Bergen County homeless shelter was charged with causing a false public alarm after reportedly saying he had a bomb stashed there. John Showers, 57, was at a local social services program in Bergenfield on Wednesday when he claimed he had a bomb in his locker at the shelter in Hackensack, said Derek Sands, Bergen County Sheriff Anthony Cureton's chief of staff. Showers, whose most recent fixed address was in Elmwood Park, was issued a summons and released pending a court date. He apparently was disgruntled when he made mention of the purported bomb a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Suspect In Custody In Bergen Homeless Shelter Bomb Scare UPDATE: Suspect In Custody In Bergen Homeless Shelter Bomb Scare
Update: Suspect In Custody In Bergen Homeless Shelter Bomb Scare UPDATE: A man who authorities said frequents the Bergen County homeless shelter was charged with causing a false public alarm after reportedly saying he had a bomb stashed there. John Showers, 57, was at a local social services program in Bergenfield on Wednesday when he claimed he had a bomb in his locker at the shelter in Hackensack, said Derek Sands, Bergen County Sheriff Anthony Cureton's chief of staff. Showers, whose most recent fixed address was in Elmwood Park, was issued a summons and released pending a court date. He apparently was disgruntled when he made mention of the purporte…

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by Jerry DeMarco