Crime & Safety

Woodbridge Mall Receives Bomb Threat Early Tuesday Morning

The bomb threat happened around 6:35 a.m. and a police search came up negative.


At about 6:35 a.m. on Tuesday, Woodbridge Mall Security informed Woodbridge Police that the mall had received a bomb threat, according to officials.

The threat indicated that a bomb would go off at the mall on May 14, 2013 but there was no time indicated, according to Woodbridge Police Captain Roy Hoppock.

The mall was evacuated of the personnel inside at the time and police secured the perimeter.

Due to a quick response from Woodbridge PD, Edison PD and Union, Monmouth and Middlesex County Sheriffs, six dogs were brought to the mall and an in-depth search was conducted and came up negative, Hoppock said.

The mall was able to open on time and police are maintaining a presence at the mall throughout the day.

Woodbridge PD is aggressively investigating the source of the threat.


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