Hundreds evacuated in LA suburb after man makes bomb threat at bank
By APWednesday, January 27, 2010
Bank bomb threat prompts LA suburb evacuations
MONROVIA, Calif. — Monrovia authorities say several hundred people have been evacuated from buildings in the Los Angeles foothill suburb after a man claiming to have a bomb tried to enter a bank.
City spokesman Dick Singer says the man slipped a note under the door of the Citizens Business Bank around 10 a.m. Wednesday. The note claimed he had a bomb.
Singer says the bank staff refused to open the door but the man has barricaded himself in the foyer.
The bank, a nearby office building and Mount Sierra College across the street have been evacuated.
Police and members of the Los Angeles County sheriff’s bomb squad are on the scene.
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