December 21, 2015
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The Family Dollar store at 3290 Chichester Ave. in the Boothwyn section of Upper Chichester Township in Delaware County.
Another Boothwyn, Delaware County retail store was hit Monday night with a bomb threat, the third threat in the town since Friday night.
Officers from the Upper Chichester Police Department responded to the Family Dollar, where a bomb threat was received by phone about 7:30 p.m., according to CBSPhilly. Emergency personnel began evacuating people from that store and others in the Willowbrook Shopping Center on Chichester Avenue.
A K-9 unit responded to the scene as well.
It was the third bomb threat in three days in Boothwyn.
Shoppers and employees at the Wal-Mart store in the Larkin Corner Shopping Center in Boothwyn were ordered to evacuate the store after threat was phone in about 9:30 p.m. Friday. Early Saturday morning, officials gave the scene the "all clear."
A day later, around 6 p.m. at the same store, a man and woman walked into the Wal-Mart, announced a bomb threat, and then left.
The store was evacuated, searched and cleared.
A helicopter equipped with thermal imaging technology and K9 units were dispatched to Larkins Corner Shopping Center, according to reports. Authorities also stopped traffic from entering and exiting the shopping center's parking lots.
Initial reports were a suspicious package had been found near a car and another said a person had climbed to the roof of the Wal-Mart. Investigators on the scene reportedly determined the package was not dangerous. No one was found on the roof of the Wal-Mart or any of the other stores at the shopping center.
Police and helicopters also reportedly searched another retail location in the Willowbrook Shopping Center, which is less than two miles away from the Walmart store.
No arrests have been made in either case.
The man who delivered the threat on Saturday is described as a male in his mid-30s wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt and a heavy-set build.
PhillyVoice staffwriter Jon Tuleya contributed to this report.
