UPDATED Maplewood Residents Arrested For Short Hills Mall Threat

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Millburn Police Department said in a press release on Monday that they had arrested two Maplewood residents in connection with a bomb threat that was phoned in to the Mall at Short Hills in Millburn on Thursday.

Police said that at 11:38 a.m. on Thursday, they headed to the Neiman Marcus store in response to a "telephonic bomb threat." The New Jersey State Police and Essex County Sheriff's
Department's Bomb Unit also responded.

Neiman Marcus was evacuated and searched with K9 dogs. It was determined that store was safe and the threat was not credible, police said.

After an investigation, police arrested Stephanie Abreu, 31, and William Baldwin, 30.

[UPDATE: A story in the Record said one of the suspects had worked at the store. Read the Patch update here.]

Police did not give a motive for the incident.

Abreu and Baldwin were charged with bomb threats, conspiracy, and false public alarm, and were remanded to the Essex County Correctional Facility, police said.