Gainesville apartment bomb threat declared false alarm

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Residents of a Gainesville apartment complex returned to their routines after a bomb scare turned out to be a false alarm.

Police responded to Hamlet Cove Apartments a little after noon on Friday.

Maintenance workers called 911 after finding what they thought looked like a homemade bomb.

Officers determined it was not an explosive device and allowed residents to return to their apartments.

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