Cops: Man Arrested In Connection With Delco Bomb Threats After Forgetting To Block His Number
UPPER CHICHESTER, Pa. (CBS) -- Police say they have made an arrest in connection with the bomb threats at Walmart, Rite Aid and Family Dollar in Delaware County.
Authorities say 50-year-old Dennis Beck was charged with threats to use weapons of mass destruction and related charges.
Police say he was arrested after allegedly calling in a bomb threat to a dollar store behind a shopping center.
He forgot to block his number and police traced it back via the caller ID.
Police arrested Beck minutes later.
The incident comes just days after a Walmart, also in Boothwyn, was evacuated Friday night after police got a call about a suspicious package in the parking lot.
It was later determined the package was not a threat.
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