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Suspect Detained After Bomb Threat At Elk Grove Blood Bank

ELK GROVE (CBS13) — Several businesses in an Elk Grove neighborhood were evacuated as officers investigated a bomb threat Tuesday morning.

The scene was along the 9200 block of Laguna Springs Drive. Elk Grove police say, around 8:45 a.m., the Vitalant blood bank got a bomb threat and evacuated the building as a precaution.

Other businesses and individuals in the area were contacted, police say.

A search of the building and area turned up nothing, police say.

The suspect who made the alleged threat was detained nearby. Police say she appears to have made the threat to avoid an appointment at Vitalant.

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