Crime & Safety

PD: Man Threatened to Shoot Up AT&T Store

The call originated from Newtown, according to police.

A Danbury man was arrested after he allegedly made a threatening phone call to a regional AT&T call center.

Newtown Police were notified by AT&T Nov. 5 around 10:30 a.m. about the call. A man said he would shoot up and blow up an AT&T store.

It was determined that William Robertson, 38, of White Street in Danbury made the call within the confines of Newtown, police said.

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Police contacted Robertson and he turned himself in at headquarters.

He was charged with second-degree threatening.

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