Bomb Threat At An Oakland County Home Depot

COMMERCE TOWNSHIP, MI — An Oakland County Home Depot was the scene of a bomb threat, according to a press release.

Oakland County Sheriff's Office Deputies were dispatched on Dec. 20 at 9:48 p.m. to the Home Depot in the 300 block of Haggerty Rd.

An anonymous caller reportedly threatened to “bring a bomb into the store” and “bomb the store." The employee who answered the bomb threat phone call recognized the caller's "accent and unique voice" and believed it was an agitated former customer who was banned from the store. The employee didn't know the suspect's name but gave Deputies a description: a man in his 40's who is approximately five feet five inches tall, 120 pounds, and has dark hair, a beard and glasses.

Due to the size of the store, three bomb detection dogs were called in to investigate - two OCSO Bomb Detection dogs and a West Bloomfield Township Police Department K-9 Bomb dog reported for duty!

The search yielded no explosives or explosive devices. Deputies say that Home Depot managers will interview employees to zero in on the identity of the suspect. Detectives are continuing to investigate.

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