ANTHRAX HOAX CLEARS TWO AREA MARKETS.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Daily News Staff Writer Two supermarkets were evacuated and closed for several hours Saturday after a man called 911 and said he was going to release potentially deadly anthrax anthrax (ăn`thrăks), acute infectious disease of animals that can be secondarily transmitted to humans. It is caused by a bacterium (Bacillus anthracis into their ventilation systems ventilation system Public health An air system designed to maintain negative pressure and exhaust air properly, to minimize the spread of TB and other respiratory pathogens in a health care facility . Authorities on Monday said the man called from three pay phones threatening to release the bacterium but deputies found no evidence and called the threats a hoax Hoax Balloon Hoax, The news story in 1844, reporting the transatlantic crossing of a balloon with eight passengers. [Am. Lit.: The Balloon Hoax in Poe] Piltdown man missing link turned out to be orangutan. [Br. Hist. . ``It's somebody who's been watching the news about this playing some games,'' said Deputy Dave Miklos of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. . ``(They're) serious games, unfortunately.'' The man first called at 2:40 p.m. from a pay phone outside the Wal-Mart at 320 W. Ave. P. ``He just said that he was going to release it in Palmdale,'' Miklos said. The man placed another call at about 4:55 p.m. from a phone outside the Ralphs market at 1803 E. Palmdale Blvd., and a third at 5:20 p.m., outside an Albertson's supermarket. The caller claimed he had released the bacterium into the stores' ventilation systems. After evacuating shoppers and employees, Sheriff's Department and fire officials determined that the threat was unfounded. ``They searched the location for any suspicious canisters or packages,'' Miklos said. ``They didn't find anything.'' The threats follow a spate of similar calls in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. that prompted the closure of Van Nuys court buildings and several businesses. |
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