No Devices Found After Bomb Threat Reported Against 3 Libraries: APD

AURORA, IL — A bomb threat reported Tuesday afternoon against Aurora libraries appears to have been a hoax, according to Aurora police.

As a precaution, officers evacuated all three libraries after they were dispatched around 2:41 p.m. to investigate and conduct a physical search at each location, police said in an update Tuesday evening. No devices were found, officials said.

Officials cleared all libraries before 6 p.m., allowing them to resume normal business hours and services. The Santori Public Library, at 101 S. River St., was officially cleared at 3:45 p.m.; the West Branch, at 233 S. Constitution Drive, at 4:10 p.m.; and the Eola Branch, at 555 S. Eola Road, at 5:37 p.m.

Bomb detection canines from the Kane County Sheriff's Office and Joliet Police Department also searched the buildings, and members of the Fox Valley Park District Police Department assisted with the evacuations.

Anyone with information about the bomb threat is asked to call the Aurora Police Department's investigations division at 630-256-5500. Information can also be reported to Aurora Area Crime Stoppers at 630-892-1000 or anonymously at www.p3tips.com/135.

Crime Stoppers offers cash rewards up to $5,000 and anonymity to people who provide information that leads to the arrest of felony crime offenders and capture of felony fugitives.