Greeley Bomb Threat Just a Hoax

According to the Greeley Tribute, police evacuated a hotel in downtown Greeley earlier this morning because of a reported bomb threat.  Well, thankfully,  it turns out the threat was just a hoax. Traffic was being  diverted away from the area but is back to normal now.

Read more and get the link to the story after the jump.

A suspicious package was found by a dumpster outside the Clarion Hotel and Conference Center, 701 8th St., and was reported by an employee at 6:15 a.m. Saturday.

The Tribune says there was no explosive device, but that police believe someone went to a lot of trouble to make sure the suspicious package looked like a bomb.

I'm glad that nothing bad happened, but what kind of person does this as a joke? People are already on edge enough right now with worries about terrorist retribution and someone goes and does this?

[Greeley Tribune]

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