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Police investigate and clear apartment building after bomb threat

Lancaster City Police contacted the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department about a possible bomb threat in Penn Township on Saturday.
Credit: FOX43

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. — An apartment building under a bomb threat was found to be safe after being searched by police.

On Saturday, the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department was contacted by Lancaster City Police about a possible bomb threat at a building in the 800 block of Pearl Avenue in Penn Township.

Officers arrived at the apartment building and did an initial search, after which they evacuated all tenants until a K-9 could do a more thorough search.

A K-9 from the Cumberland County East Pennsboro Township Police Department searched the building but found no threat.

Multiple local agencies were at the scene to help.

Police are continuing to investigate.

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