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Albany JCC evacuated after bomb threat

May 05, 2022 12:30 am

The Times Union is reporting Sidney Albert Albany Jewish Community Center was evacuated early May 4, after the facility received a bomb threat. Staff urged people to leave at about 6:45 a.m., telling them the JCC had received an unspecified threat. Police later confirmed it was a bomb threat. Albany police spokesperson Officer Steve Smith said, an "employee came into work and had an email in their inbox." Smith there were no specific details provided, so the police evacuated the building and then investigated. The incident May 4 was at least the fifth time since 2017, that a threat has been made against the center located on Whitehall Road. Previous incidents have been unfounded, but the evacuations unnerved members of the center. On Feb. 23, 2020, the JCC was one of almost 20 Jewish community centers to receive a bomb threat. The building was evacuated, but again authorities found no actual bombs or other dangerous devices. Read the full story in the Times Union.

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