Police arrest 3 after ‘potential threat’ closes Mic Mac Mall
Posted Mar 3, 2015 11:37:59 AM.
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Halifax Police say they’ve arrested three people on Willett Street after threats were made to Mic Mac Mall Tuesday morning.
Police say they will execute a search warrant at an apartment on Willett Street, and their investigation continues.
Mic Mac Mall chose to close today as a precaution after a potential threat was made against it.
Halifax Regional Police say its officers are trying to determine whether the threat at the Mic Mac Mall in suburban Dartmouth is valid.
They provided no information on the nature of the threat.
Police say they received information about the potential threat at 9 a.m. and had a significant uniformed police presence at the mall, which closed for the day.
Shortly after the mall closed police blocked part of Everette Street in another part of Dartmouth as part of their investigation, but they later reopened the road.
Const. Pierre Bourdages says officers were investigating at a home on the street, but after entering the home, they came out empty-handed.
“They did not locate anyone or anything at that residence,” he said. “The investigation is continuing, and I unfortunately cannot talk to you about what they were looking for, but it’s in relation to the potential threat investigation at Mic Mac Mall.”
Halifax Regional School Board also placed two of its schools on “hold and secure” because of the police operations nearby, but those restrictions were lifted by mid-afternoon and plans were in place to dismiss students at their regular times.
Patrick Roy’s daughter goes to South Woodside School, which is on Everette Street. He wasn’t surprised to hear about the threat.
“We’re not really strangers to a lockdown,” he said. “There’s been a couple other times this has happened.”
