2 Charged In Bomb Threat At Movie Theater In Milford: Police

MILFORD, CT — Two Wallingford residents have been arrested in connection with a bomb threat at the Cinemark Movie Theater at the Connecticut Post Mall in Milford earlier this month, according to police.

Milford police responded to the mall around 1:30 p.m. on March 3 after Cinemark received a call from a person reporting to have a bomb and saying that he was outside the movie theater, according to police.

“This initiated a heavy police response and officers cleared the parking lot and movie theater before deeming the call a hoax and finding that there was no viable threat,” police wrote in a news release. “Through the continuing investigation, two suspects were identified as being responsible for making the hoax phone call.”

Arrest warrants were issued for Christian Cuomo, 18, and Tyvon Torres, 19, both of Wallingford. They both turned themselves in to Milford police.

Cuomo was charged with second-degree breach of peace and conspiracy to commit first-degree falsely reporting incident.

Torres was charged with second-degree breach of peace, first-degree falsely reporting incident, conspiracy to commit second-degree breach of peace, and conspiracy to commit first-degree falsely reporting incident.

They were both released on a promise to appear in court in April.

Cuomo was also charged in connection with a bomb threat that was called in to the Cinemark Movie Theater in North Haven on March 3.

North Haven police responded to the movie theater on Universal Drive around 2 p.m. on the report of a bomb threat. Officers were told that a caller contacted the theater and said multiple explosives would go off at the 9 p.m. showing of “Creed III,” according to police.

The threat was deemed to be a hoax and Cuomo was arrested later that night, North Haven police said at the time.