LPD: Three bomb threats in 3 days at separate Walmart’s

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – For the third time in three days a bomb threat was phoned-in from a blocked number to a Walmart in Lexington, according to police. The most recent came Tuesday afternoon at the Walmart on Richmond Road near Man O War Boulevard.

As a precaution, the store was evacuated, a Lexington Police bomb sniffing dog went through the store, which was searched by police. Investigators say nothing was found. Police call all three bomb threats, “pranks.”

The troubling and costly trend began on Sunday when a bomb threat was phoned-in to the Walmart on New Circle Road near Russell Cave Road. Later that day, another threat was phoned-in to the Walmart in the Tates Creek South shopping center on Saron Drive.

In all three cases, the stores and adjoining businesses were evacuated, the businesses searched with nothing being found.

Investigators say the incidents cost businesses and taxpayers money along with wasting the time and resources of the Lexington Police Department and Lexington Fire Department.

Investigators say they’re trying to determine if the calls were made by the same person.