A community center in Tenafly was among those targeted
TENAFLY-- A Jewish community center was evacuated around noon Monday after the facility received a bomb threat, the center said.
Kaplen JCC of the Palisades said via Facebook around 1 p.m. that all children and adults got out safely and that the police were investigating. The center subsequently announced that police found nothing and that the building was safe.
The center later re-opened and its programs for the day resumed.
WNBC 4 in New York reported that the JCC in Tenafly was one of a number of Jewish community facilities that received threats in four other states, including in Florida, Maryland, Tennessee and South Carolina. Nothing was found in sweeps of those facilities.
Tenafly Chief of Police Robert said in a statement the center received a phone call, prompting a sweep by the Bergen County Sheriff's bomb squad.
The matter was under investigation. Anyone with information is being asked to call police at 201-568-5100.
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