Dauphin County Courthouse Reopens After Bomb Scare

The Dauphin County Courthouse was evacuated on Tuesday due to a bomb threat, according to PennLive.

Dauphin County Courthouse on Market Street in Harrisburg.
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04/07/2021 12:43 p.m.

The bomb threat was made over the phone around 10:30 a.m. and the building was immediately evacuated according to Dauphin County Emergency Dispatch Services.

The administration building was also evacuated as a precautionary measure according to Dauphin County Press Secretary Brett Hambright.

The courthouse reopened around noon.

This is the second threat to a central Pennsylvania court house in less than two weeks.

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