Crime & Safety
Unfounded Bomb Threat At Middletown Target
The same threat was called in to Targets in Brick and Clark, in what appears to be a nationwide hoax Tuesday.
MIDDLETOWN, NJ ? There was a report of a bomb threat at the Middletown Target Tuesday, Middletown Police confirmed.
However, the threat was unfounded.
Authorities in several states, including Ohio, Wisconsin and North Carolina, have said the threats appear to be part of a nationwide hoax and the hoax is specifically at Target stores.
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Similar bomb threats were called in Tuesday to Targets in Brick and Clark.
The Target stores in those towns were evacuated.
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