Bomb threat caller sought by police

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – Police in St. Augustine are asking for the public's help in identifying a man they said called in a bomb threat to a Kangaroo store.

Police said the store at 70 Masters Drive received a call July 7 claiming there was a bomb in the store and everyone should evacuate.

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Officers arrived and searched the store and found no evidence of an explosive device.

The officers reviewed surveillance video of the day's activity and believe the caller to be a Hispanic man about 30 years old. He is 5 feet 8 inches tall and 170 pounds, with a mustache and goatee.

He was wearing a gray polo, gray shorts and flip flops. He also had a black wrist watch on his left wrist and black sunglasses pushed up on his head. He was last seen getting into the passenger side of a silver minivan.

Anyone with any information about the man's identity is asked to call Crime Stopper at 888-227-TIPS (8477). Callers may be eligible for a cash reward of up to $1,000.


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