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Bomb scare in Valley Stream Target lot
Suspicious package was nothing dangerous
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A suspicious package caused a scare near the Green Acres Mall Monday afternoon, but police and bomb squad detectives found nothing dangerous.
A customer parking in the Target lot noticed a package in one of the spaces and called 911 at 1:50 p.m. Officers found an oval-shaped piece of metal with suspicious packaging inside a 10-inch by 10-inch cardboard box.
The bomb squad closed off the area and two detectives examined the package. Using robotics, it was eventually determined that the suspicious package was was a steel compressor with no harmful material.
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