07.12.2010

Bank Bomb Threat
On July 12, around 9:15 a.m., Michael Smith of Harrisonburg walked into the Wachovia Bank branch and attempted to withdraw a large sum of money from his account. It’s unclear what happened inside, but bank employees called 911 and evacuated the building.
Shortly after the call, a SWAT team surrounded the building and Smith walked out the front door about an hour later with his hands up after talking to crisis negotiators. Bomb-squad technicians determined that the package strapped to his back was not an explosive device, but didn’t say what, if anything, was found inside.

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