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Improvised explosive device detonated near JC Penney at Lake Wales mall [FL USA]
WFTV9(Florida) ^ | 1-21-18 | Chip Skambis

Posted on 01/21/2018 6:52:42 PM PST by Revel

LAKE WALES, Fla. - Lake Wales police are searching for those responsible for detonating an improvised explosive device near the entrance of the JC Penney at the Eagle Ridge Mall Sunday evening.

Firefighters responded to reports of an explosion at the mall on 451 Eagle Ridge Drive around 5:20 p.m.

Firefighters quickly determined an IED had been detonated in a corridor located next to the mall entrance of JC Penney, officials said.

Firefighters also found a backpack in the same corridor with another possible IED inside.

There were no injuries as a result of the explosion, officials said, but the mall has been evacuated.

(Excerpt) Read more at wftv.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: bombthreat; crime; domesticterrorism; florida; ied; lakewales; mall; terrorthreat
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To: Revel

They should have taken it to “spook hill” and let the magic take care of it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spook_Hill


21 posted on 01/21/2018 8:14:19 PM PST by Conan the Librarian (The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
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To: Revel
Authorities continue to search for a person of interest who has been described as a heavy-built, white, middle-aged man wearing a gray shirt and a gray hat.

If you see anyone fitting this description, open fire immediately!

22 posted on 01/21/2018 8:59:34 PM PST by iowamark
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To: Revel

explosion in canada...anyone got info?


23 posted on 01/21/2018 9:46:49 PM PST by Therapsid (eagan)
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To: Revel

I’ve actually been in that mall before while visiting my folks down south. I’m surprised the JC Penney’s is even still open. A pipe bomb going off might have been the most exciting thing to happen there in a whole year.

Most of the stores are boarded up and closed.


24 posted on 01/21/2018 9:47:11 PM PST by thmiley
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To: iowamark
Authorities continue to search for a person of interest who has been described as a heavy-built, white, middle-aged man wearing a gray shirt and a gray hat.

What...he wasn't wearing any pants???

25 posted on 01/21/2018 10:13:01 PM PST by boatbums (The Law is a storm which wrecks your hopes of self-salvation, but washes you upon the Rock of Ages.)
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To: Conan the Librarian
They should have taken it to “spook hill” and let the magic take care of it.

Why hasn't the NAACP demanded this hill be renamed?

26 posted on 01/22/2018 12:10:44 AM PST by OrangeHoof (Donald Trump: Doing the work American politicians just won't do.)
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To: Impala64ssa

His taco was soggy, so Alahu Akbar it is.


27 posted on 01/22/2018 1:51:52 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: boatbums

Should be easy to find.


28 posted on 01/22/2018 1:54:29 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Revel

Around here the malls are empty, so no one could have been hurt.


29 posted on 01/22/2018 2:12:11 AM PST by Vermont Lt (Burn. It. Down.)
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To: Revel
But they have dreams too!


30 posted on 01/22/2018 2:25:36 AM PST by Caipirabob (Communists...Socialists...Fascists & AntiFa...Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: thmiley

Free-lance demolition crew?


31 posted on 01/22/2018 2:48:29 AM PST by fivecatsandadog (I care about Americans, people who came here legally, our laws and the Constitution.)
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To: Revel

32 posted on 01/22/2018 4:16:31 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Caipirabob

That would be on Baka Laka Daka Street. “Dirka Dirka”.


33 posted on 01/22/2018 4:20:50 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Revel

I used to date a woman from Lake Wales, planting a bomb at that mall doesn’t make a whole lot of sense. It’s a small mall, sort of out in the middle of nowhere. Why hit Lake Wales when you have Orlando 45 mins away and Tampa a hour away? Unless someone why trying to send a message to Sheriff Judd. Even hitting a target in Lakeland makes more sense. Wierd.


34 posted on 01/22/2018 5:34:09 AM PST by TallahasseeConservative
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To: TallahasseeConservative

*was trying


35 posted on 01/22/2018 5:35:21 AM PST by TallahasseeConservative
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To: Revel

I told them they needed to loosen up their Christmas gift return policy. But would they listen? Nooo...


36 posted on 01/22/2018 6:51:23 AM PST by NRx (A man of integrity passes his father's civilization to his son, without selling it off to strangers.)
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To: Revel

And here come the diversions from the shutdown... right on cue. Another false flag attempt, with more on the way?


37 posted on 01/22/2018 8:52:55 AM PST by confederatecarpetbag
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To: Revel; All

Now the police say it didn’t happen.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/01/22/no-ieds-found-at-florida-mall-police-say-walking-backing-earlier-statements.html


38 posted on 01/22/2018 8:54:45 AM PST by rdl6989
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To: palmer
They probably found it near the snackbar.

A snack bar named "Allahhu"

39 posted on 01/22/2018 8:56:47 AM PST by COBOL2Java (Arguing with the left is like trying to reason with a crazy bum hearing voices)
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To: KC_Lion

I’ve been upset over the sale prices at JC Penney but I’ve never been THAT upset!


40 posted on 01/22/2018 9:21:12 AM PST by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
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