UPDATE: Police Search Local Carmike Cinemas
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Channel: WTVC NewsChannel 9 · 2012 · News & Politics
Police, fire crews, and K-9s searched multiple Carmike Cinema locations across the country Friday, including Chattanooga.Carmike spokesman Terrell Mayton told the Associated Press that company officials alerted the FBI after discovering the threat in a voicemail message Friday morning. He says the call was placed after hours Thursday by someone claiming to work for a contractor that provides janitorial services to Carmike.Carmike then told all of its theaters to have police respond. NewsChannel 9 crews saw police at the cinemas at Northgate Mall in Hixson and on Gunbarrel Road.Mayton said the call threatened specific theaters, but he could not say how many or in what states. News outlets also reported police searches in Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky and North Carolina.No bombs were found. Mayton says most theaters were cleared before their first show times Friday.(The Associated Press contributed to this story.)
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