Bomb Threat Forces Evacuation at Vermont Station

By Stephanie Tsoflias Siegel 

A bomb threat forced WCAX employees to evacuate during the 11pm newscast Thursday night.

According to a story on the station website, a man who identified himself as Robert Hayward, called police claiming he planted a number of bombs in the newsroom and that they would go off in 10 minutes.

Police contacted the CBS affiliate in Burlington, Vermont and got everyone out. Police checked the building, all was clear.

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The incident is still under investigation.

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