Overland Park Police investigating threats towards OP Islamic Center

Posted: April 19, 2013 - 9:49am
Updated: April 20, 2013 - 3:22am

Overland Park Police are investigating after someone made, what police call veiled threats towards the Overland Park Islamic Center.

The center is located at 9001 W. 151st Street.

Overland Park Police spokesperson Officer Michelle Koos tells Operation 100 News, "while we cannot give out specifics, there have been some ongoing veiled threats made to the center. We are currently working to track down the suspect in the case."

Police have been closely monitoring the center nearly around the clock for the last week and say they will continue to do so as needed.

No other details were immediately available.

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Threat discovered at Olathe South High School

Posted: December 7, 2012 - 3:40am

Olathe School District officials and Police are investigating a messages found at Olathe South High School, 1640 E. 151st Street.

Police say a student discovered the message just before 1 p.m., Thursday, written on restroom stall. The message referred to blowing up the school on Friday, December 7th.

Olathe Police say "the safety and security of students and staff are a primary concern and we are working closely with the Olathe School District to investigate the incident."

Classes will go on as scheduled. Police say they will have extra officers in and around the school.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the Olathe Police Department at 913-971-6950 or the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477 (TIPS).

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Olathe Wal-Mart evacuated after bomb threat

Posted: November 19, 2012 - 8:08am

Olathe Police say they were called to the Wal-Mart, 395 N. K-7 Highway at 11:57 Sunday night on a reported bomb threat.

Officers contacted an employee who reported the store had received a call from an unknown person who stated there was a bomb in the store. The store was immediately evacuated and the Olathe Fire Department's K-9 was used to check the interior of the store.

Nothing was found during the search and the store was reopened at 2:03 Monday morning, according to a statement from Olathe Police.

The incident remains under investigation by the Olathe Police Department. Anyone with information regarding this investigation is asked to contact Olathe Police at 913-971-6950 or the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477.

As of this report, there have been no reports of any similar calls at other area Walmart stores as there was back in July of this year. Previous story on threats received at three Kansas Walmart stores.

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Three Kansas Walmart stores report threats

Posted: July 29, 2012 - 3:17am
Updated: August 2, 2012 - 4:14pm

Follow up story from Operation 100 News reporting partners at the Lawrence Journal-World.

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Police are investigating after three Kansas Walmart stores report receiving threats early Sunday morning.

The first call was reported to Police by the Lawrence Walmart at 550 Congressional Drive at 2:27 a.m.. The other Walmart in Lawrence, located at 3300 Iowa Street, reported a similar phone call at 2:27 a.m.. Lawrence Police will only say that incidents remain under investigation and that nothing dangerous was found at either location.

Shortly after 4 a.m., Leavenworth Police responded to the Walmart located at 5000 10th Avenue after a threats call was received. Again, Police are only saying that the incident remains under investigation and that nothing of out of the ordinary was located.

All three stores remain open for business this morning.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Douglas County Crime Stoppers at 785-843-TIPS (8477) or the Leavenworth CLUE hotline at 913-682-CLUE (2583).

Authorities across Missouri responded on similar threats Friday to eight Walmart stores. One Walmart store in Claremore, Oklahoma was closed for a time on Wednesday after receiving a similar threat. All of the incidents remain under investigation.

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