Crime & Safety
Update: Police Respond to Bomb Threat in San Anselmo
Man calls in bomb threat after around 50 harassing calls to a Pine Street business.
Authorities with the Twin Cities Police Authority and the San Anselmo Police responded to a bomb threat in San Anselmo Wednesday, according to an official with the San Anselmo Police Department.
A man called an architectural business in the 100 block of Pine Avenue roughly 50 times on Wednesday, making several inappropriate statements to the female staff, according to a San Anselmo Police Department press release. During his final phone call, he said a bomb had been placed inside the business, officials said. The business called the police around 3 p.m.
San Anselmo Police Sgt. Julie Gorwood said the business didn’t recognize the caller’s voice. “They haven’t any trouble with any clients of theirs. The activity only started that day.”
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Employees and residents were evacuated from the area.
Police were blocking off a roadway downtown near San Anselmo Avenue and Pine Street around 4 p.m.
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The roadway was clear and police had left the area by 4:45 p.m.
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