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BOMB THREAT MADE AGAINST ARMENIAN HOME
Pascack Valley Community Life (Bergen, North Jersey)
March 21, 2013
by Lisa Spear
The Emerson Police Department is investigating a bomb threat that was
made last Friday morning at the Armenian Nursing and Rehabilitation
Center.
According to the center's administrator, Mathew Russo, the front
desk of the facility received a phone call on March 15 stating,
"I'm gonna be putting a bomb in there today, so be ready to run."
The center immediately called the threat in to the Emerson Police
Department at 11:20 a.m. After the call, three police units and a
Bergen County Police K-9 unit were dispatched to the scene, Emerson
Police Captain George Buono said.
The facility's staff prepared for a possible evacuation, Russo said,
but after a police search, no signs of any explosives were detected,
and the evacuation was called off. The residents of the facility were
not notified of the bomb threat, Russo added.
At 1:30 p.m., Buono said, police determined that the building was safe.
The Armenian Nursing and Rehabilitation Center has already taken
measures to upgrade security, Russo said, but he does not want to
disclose them to the public at this time.
"I am beyond proud of my staff and the way that they conducted
themselves during this crisis," said Russo, who worked with maintenance
staff to search the outside of the building.
An investigation by the Emerson Police Department is ongoing.
From: Baghdasarian
Pascack Valley Community Life (Bergen, North Jersey)
March 21, 2013
by Lisa Spear
The Emerson Police Department is investigating a bomb threat that was
made last Friday morning at the Armenian Nursing and Rehabilitation
Center.
According to the center's administrator, Mathew Russo, the front
desk of the facility received a phone call on March 15 stating,
"I'm gonna be putting a bomb in there today, so be ready to run."
The center immediately called the threat in to the Emerson Police
Department at 11:20 a.m. After the call, three police units and a
Bergen County Police K-9 unit were dispatched to the scene, Emerson
Police Captain George Buono said.
The facility's staff prepared for a possible evacuation, Russo said,
but after a police search, no signs of any explosives were detected,
and the evacuation was called off. The residents of the facility were
not notified of the bomb threat, Russo added.
At 1:30 p.m., Buono said, police determined that the building was safe.
The Armenian Nursing and Rehabilitation Center has already taken
measures to upgrade security, Russo said, but he does not want to
disclose them to the public at this time.
"I am beyond proud of my staff and the way that they conducted
themselves during this crisis," said Russo, who worked with maintenance
staff to search the outside of the building.
An investigation by the Emerson Police Department is ongoing.
From: Baghdasarian