Crime & Safety
1 Detained After Falsely Reporting Explosives Near Trump Rally On Long Island: Police
The person who is being questioned "may have been training a bomb detection dog near the site," Nassau police say.
UNIONDALE, NY — A person who falsely reported explosives were found near Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, the site of a presidential campaign rally for Donald Trump, was detained on Wednesday, Nassau police said.
It happened "in the vicinity of" Charles Lindbergh Boulevard at around 9:30 a.m., according to a police spokesman. He would not specify the exact location.
Charles Lindbergh Boulevard borders the Coliseum to the west.
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Police said the person who is being questioned "may have been training a bomb detection dog near the site."
"The individual with the bomb dog falsely reported explosives being found and that individual is currently being detained by police," police said.
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The area has been deemed safe, a police spokesman said.
Further details were not immediately released.
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