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The Maine State House was evacuated on Friday morning following a bomb threat that was sent to a member of the legislature.
The threats were made toward two legislators, as well as toward the State House and the Maine Democratic Party location at 320 Water St. in Augusta.
Capitol police were made aware of the threat at 7:15 a.m., and quickly shut down and evacuated the building. K9 dogs were brought in to search the building, and officials were not able to locate any explosives, either at the state house or the legislator’s homes. The threat was deemed a hoax, and a message posted to the Legislature’s website at 8:47 a.m. said people could return to the State House.
Further information was not immediately available.
