SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) – A routine workday for Katherine McCloskey took an alarming turn when she arrived to start her shift at a hair salon in Venice Commons, only to find the entire shopping plaza wrapped in crime scene tape.
“Little concerning because they had a complete whole shopping center besides Publix taped off,” said McCloskey, a Venice resident. “It took over two hours to get back.”
According to Venice Police Captain Eric Hill, officers responded to a bomb threat that, while ultimately determined to be a hoax, had to be treated as a credible danger…