Suspect arrested, charged following bomb threat in West Chester Share Updated: 9:41 AM EST Jan 30, 2021 WLWT Digital Staff Share Updated: 9:41 AM EST Jan 30, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript BUT IT WAS CLOSED FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS TODAY BUSINESSES WERE EVACUATED WHILE AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATED THIS BOMB THREAT. WEST CHESTER FIREFIGHTERS, POLICE, AND THE BUTLER COUNTY BOMB SQUAD RUSHED TO THIS WALGREENS PARKING LOT JUST BEFORE NOON TODAY. AT THE CENTER OF THE INVESTIGATION, THIS WHITE VAN PARKED IN THE LOT. >> ORIGINALLY WHAT HAPPENED, A SUBJECT CAME IN TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUILDING. OUR FRONT LOBBY IS THE COURT LOBBY AND WAS ACTING A LITTLE OUT OF THE ORDINARY. KARIN: THAT MAN REPORTEDLY TOLD POLICE THERE WAS A BOMB INSIDE THE RENTAL VAN AND ORIGINALLY SAID IT WAS PARKED AT ASTRAZENECA. >> ADVISING YOU THAT SHE PUT A DEVICE AND A WHITE VAN ON THE PROPERTY THERE. HE SAID IT WAS SET TO GO OFF IN TWO HOURS. >> THEN HE LATER RETRACTED THAT STATEMENT TO SAY THAT IT WAS PARKED HER IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE WALGREENS AT 747 AND UNION CENTER. THE DRUG STORE WAS EVACUATED ALONG WITH OTHER BUSINESSES IN THE AREA. ROADS WERE ALSO SHUT DOWN. >> THIS WAS A HUGE IMPACT TO THE COMMERCE OF WESTCHESTER AND THE SURROUNDING TRI-STATE. 747 BEING A MAJOR STATE ROUTE AND ALL THE TRUCK TRAFFIC ANC COMMERCE THATS COMING THROUGH KARIN: IN THE MEANTIME GORT, THE BOMB SQUAD’S ROBOT WENT TO WORK. >> THE ROBOT WENT THE VEHICLE AND HAD A CAMERA TO LOOK INSIDE AND THEY DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT DID NOT LOOK RIGHT AND THEY WANTED TO GET A CLOSER LOOK. KARIN: A CLOSER LOOK DETERMINED IT WAS JUST A PHONE CABLE. NO BOMB WAS FOUND. THE LAST UPDATE I GOT WAS THAT THEY WERE STILL QUESTIONING THE MAN. CHARGES HAVE NOT BEEN FILED. LIVE IN WEST CHESTER, KARIN JOHNSON, WLWT NEWS 5. MIKE: DO WE KNOW IF THE GUY BEING QUESTIONED WAS THE PERSON WHO RENTED A VAN? KARIN: THAT IS THE QUESTION I ASKED. HE WOULD NOT COMMENT. ANOTHER THING WE WANT TO KNOW IS DOES THIS MAN HAVE ANY KIND OF CONNECTION TO WALGREENS OR ASTRAZENECA.