TOLEDO, Ohio — A warrant was issued for a woman who allegedly made threatening calls to an Ohio Walmart location over the weekend.
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Around 3 p.m. on Sunday, Toledo Police officers were dispatched to the Walmart on Glendale Ave after the store had received several calls in which a woman threatened to “bring a bomb to the store and shoot up the place,” CBS-affiliate WTOL-11 reported.
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Employees told police they believed the caller was 45-year-old former employee Kinyetta Dotson, who, earlier that day, had called the store “several times,” demanding to speak to a family member.
The employee denied Dotson’s requests, and the calls increased an she began allegedly threatening bodily harm to the employees she spoke to over the phone, WTOL-11 reported.
Store employees told police they didn’t believe the threats were credible.
Toledo police filed a first-degree misdemeanor warrant against Dotson for inducing panic, WTOL-11 reported.
According to Toledo Municipal Court records, Dotson was not in custody as of Monday morning.
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