Crime & Safety
Danbury Mall Reopens After 'Suspicious Incident' Evacuation: PD
The Danbury Fair Mall has been reopened following a police-led evacuation Thursday afternoon.
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DANBURY, CT — The Danbury Fair Mall has been reopened following a police-led evacuation Thursday afternoon.
"The incident has been resolved," Danbury Police Department spokesperson Erin Henry said.
The DPD confirmed it was investigating a suspicious incident inside Macy's at the Mall, shortly after 4 p.m.
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An officer told Hearst Media that someone had reported a bomb in the men's bathroom on the third floor, according to their report.
On social media, law enforcement officials requested that all avoid the area.
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The Danbury Mall was not the only shopping center wrestling with evacuation concerns on Thursday.
At about 2:20 p.m., the Waterbury Police Department responded to an anonymous bomb threat at the Brass Mill Center Mall. The WPD said it "determined the threat to be non-credible, and there was no danger present."
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