Letter Referencing Colorado Shooting Prompts Nursing Home Lockdown
Woodcrest Center Nursing Home staff received a letter referencing Aurora, Colorado shootings; bomb squad and K-9 unit called in.
The Bergen County Bomb Squad and K-9 units were called to the Woodcrest Center Nursing Home on River Road shortly before noon in response to a letter received by the staff Wednesday referencing the recent theater massacre in Aurora, Colorado. "A letter was sent to the staff in general referencing the recent events in Aurora," Police Chief Frank Papapietro said. "We are taking this very seriously and using every precaution." According to Papapietro, the letter, addressed to no specific person, contained numerous clippings on the Aurora theater massacre taken from various newspapers and indicated that the person who wrote the letter was in possession of guns, knives and explosives. According to Papapietro, the "threatening, yet non-…
Donna Colucci
12:30 pm on Thursday, July 26, 2012
The culprit was probably standing around "getting a rise" out of the mayhem he/she had created. What a waste of time, money and our towns resources. more ›