Crime & Safety
Ocean County Courthouse Resumes Work After Threat Evacuation: Sheriff
A search of the courthouse found no evidence to substantiate a threat, the sheriff said.
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TOMS RIVER, NJ — The Ocean County Courthouse personnel have returned to the building following a threat Thursday afternoon, authorities said.
Ocean County Sheriff Michael Mastronardy said staff had returned to the building after the premises were searched with the sheriff's department's bomb-detection K-9s and nothing was found.
The threat was called in to a state telephone number, Mastronardy said. Details of the threat were not available.
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The incident remains under investigation, he said.
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