{"id":39660,"date":"2016-05-20T17:34:53","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T17:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/?p=39660"},"modified":"2016-05-20T17:34:53","modified_gmt":"2016-05-20T17:34:53","slug":"another-bomb-threat-at-home-depot-turns-out-as-hoax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=39660","title":{"rendered":"Another Bomb Threat At Home Depot Turns Out As Hoax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ST. CROIX &#8212; Home Depot received a bomb threat this morning, the second time in 7 months. Last year, Home Deport shoppers and employees were evacuated by V.I.P.D. officers during the afternoon of September 11, as they investigated the threat &#8212; which turned out, like today&#8217;s threat, <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/featured\/shoppers-and-employees-evacuate-home-depot-st-croix-following-bomb-threat-incident-determined-hoax\/\" target=\"_blank\">to be a hoax.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>According to a press release issued by Glen Dratte, the force&#8217;s new public information officer, at approximately 7:44 a.m. today,\u00a0officers were dispatched to the store, located off the Melvin Evans Highway in the Island Crossing Shopping Center, in regards to the threat.<\/p>\n<p>A preliminary investigation revealed that a cashier received a call at 7:27 a.m. from someone stating that the Home Depot Store would &#8220;blow up&#8221; in 5 minutes. Customers and employees were then removed from the store and placed at the Island Crossing Shopping Center&#8217;s east entrance, as specialized K9 Units and other officers inspected the entire premises, including vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>The V.I.P.D. declared the store secure for operations at 9:41 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Feature Image: Pictures of today&#8217;s bomb threat scene at Home Depot (Credit: Ernice Gilbert, VIC).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ST. CROIX &#8212; Home Depot received a bomb threat this morning, the second time in 7 months. Last year, Home Deport shoppers and employees were evacuated by V.I.P.D. officers during the afternoon of September 11, as they investigated the threat &#8212; which turned out, like today&#8217;s threat, to be a hoax. 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