MIAMI (WSVN) - Police have issued the all clear after the Metro Justice Building in Miami was evacuated, Thursday morning, due to a bomb threat.
According to Miami-Dade Police, a man called police and said another man and woman placed pipe bombs inside the courthouse. “It was just, like, crazy,” said Mercedes Cochran. “It was just tape everywhere, saying it’s a bomb threat. It’s crazy.”
Police have not identified the caller.
The courthouse was evacuated and temporarily closed while the Miami-Dade Police Bomb Squad searched the area. “I was coming into the building, I heard the alert over the loudspeaker,” said circuit court judge Nushin Sayfie. “I didn’t even make it into the building. With all of the events going on in the world we tend to be more sensitive and pay attention to what’s going on.”
A hearing schedule was released by the courthouse, which listed:
- All cases involving defendants in custody will be re-scheduled for tomorrow, Friday, June 24, 2016.
- All other cases will be re-scheduled to a future date. Notices of Hearing will be mailed out with the new court dates.
- All bond hearings, both felony and misdemeanor, are re-scheduled for this afternoon, until further notice.
Police found no explosives.
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