Bomb Threat Aimed at CVS Stores, Multiple Locations Evacuated
http://lostcoastoutpost.com/2014/dec/28/bomb-threat-threatens-cvs-stores-multiple-location/
According to Captain Steve Watson of the Eureka Police Department, Both CVS stores in Eureka have received bomb threats. Evacuations of the Eureka Mall where Winco and CVS are located occurred as well as at the other CVS location on Myrtle.
Watson said that the Eureka Police Department does not normally request evacuations in these situations unless a device is found. “Normally, that is going to be the call of the managers of the stores,” he said. “Officers are investigating but I’m not aware of any devices.”
CVS stores around the country have been the target of repeated bomb threats for the last several months. Watson said that bomb threats can be used as attempted distractions for criminals planning crimes or they can be hoaxes. Making one is a felony with “substantial civil liabilities and a prison term,” Watson pointed out.
At the time of this writing, the evacuations have been rescinded and the stores are reopening.
Filed under: General Problems
What kind of criminal targets a pharmacy? I guess we can assume that it might be desperate pain patients… Even with medical cannabis available (so far) in Eureka, California:
9/25/2013, “Three years ago, a city council with a decidedly different makeup adopted a medical cannabis ordinance, which was then modified in May 2011. That ordinance allowed up to four dispensaries in city limits. But the current council has been kicking the bong down the road, in part due to federal crackdowns and threatening letters from Melinda Haag, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California. Almost a year ago the council unanimously passed an “interim urgency ordinance” extending a moratorium on all dispensaries, ostensibly to study zoning issues.”
Maybe this has to do with another type of criminal?