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A person threatened to bomb a verify cashing enterprise if workers didn’t hand over a big sum of money.
Staff and residents close to a stretch of Mystic Avenue in Medford had been evacuated Wednesday morning after a enterprise there obtained a bomb risk.
Simply earlier than 9 a.m., an worker of Metropolis Test Cashing at 209 Mystic Ave. referred to as 911. They mentioned that the enterprise had obtained a name from a person telling them to place a big sum of money in a bag and drop it off at a close-by location, in response to an announcement from Medford police.
The person threatened to put a bomb on the enterprise if this was not completed, police mentioned.
By about 9:20 a.m., police had responded and closed off Mystic Avenue between Bowen Avenue and Golden Avenue, in addition to neighboring facet streets. The constructing the place Metropolis Test Cashing is situated and others had been evacuated.
The Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad cleared the world and didn’t discover any bombs or different threats, police mentioned. An investigation stays ongoing.
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Originally posted 2023-07-05 18:22:11.