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Update: Ithaca man arrested for bomb threat at Lot 10

Update: Ithaca man arrested for bomb threat at Lot 10

IPD headquarters on E. Clinton St. (file) Photo: Saga Communications/Matt Aceto/607 News Now


ITHACA, NY (607NewsNow) — A 40-year-old Ithaca man is accused of making a bomb threat. 

Willem Zurr was arrested Monday afternoon, several hours after a threat was reported at Lot 10 on South Cayuga St. IPD and Cornell Police sent in dogs trained to sniff out explosives, but none were found. The threat was declared not credible. 

Zurr was charged with making a terroristic threat, which is a felony. 

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