Brighton JCC closed by bomb threat; FBI investigates
Source: Democrat & Chronicle
(Rochester, NY) -The Jewish Community Center in Brighton was temporarily evacuated Tuesday after a bomb threat was reported.
"I am aware that there are other JCC facilities across the country that have received the same or similar-type threats," Brighton Police Chief Mark Henderson said during a morning briefing on the side of Edgewood Avenue. "We will work with the FBI to see if this was a similar type threat."
Brighton police officers, Monroe County sheriff's deputies, New York State Police troopers and FBI agents partnered with specialized dogs to sweep each room of the 180,000-square-foot facility Tuesday, Henderson said. The agencies did not find any indication that a bomb was in the facility, he said.
FBI spokeswoman Maureen Dempsey said the FBI and the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division are assisting with the investigation. The agency, she said, continues to investigate possible civil rights violations in connection with threats to Jewish Community Centers across the country.
Read more: http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2017/03/07/police-on-scene-at-jcc/98841504/
Rochester, Milwaukee and Miami were targeted early this morning...
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