Crime & Safety
Police Charge Juvenile in McDonald's Bomb Threat
McDonald's had been evacuated last week as police investigated calls of a bomb threat.
Hasbrouck Heights Police have charged a 17-year old juvenile with terroristic threats for calling in a bomb threat to McDonald’s last week that shut down the fast food restaurant for more than an hour.
Police told NorthJersey.com the juvenile was a former employee who confessed when interviewed.
Police would not reveal any details about the juvenile including where he resides, according to NorthJersey.com.
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Last Wednesday, Hasbrouck Heights Police evacuated the restaurant and brought in the Bergen County Police Bomb Squad following calls of a bomb threat. Captain Jack DeLorenzo had told Patch county police bomb squad dogs were brought it and the entire area was checked and nothing turned up.
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The call had come through on a blocked number which the captain had said takes longer to trace back. The phone company was able to confirm it was the call came from the juvenile’s number, NorthJersey.com reports.
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