Frito-Lay Bomb Threat Called In From Pay Phone: Aberdeen Police

ABERDEEN, MD - After a bomb threat at the Frito-Lay warehouse, authorities are trying to track down the suspect and released photos of a vehicle that may be associated with her.

Police said that a woman called in the bomb threat over the weekend from a pay phone at the Shell station on Middleton Road in Aberdeen.

At the time of the call, officials said that a gold SUV was parked by the pay phone.

Police were notified of the bomb threat after midnight on Saturday, Aug. 19, and a manager evacuated the Frito-Lay warehouse on Hickory Drive.

For more than two hours, first responders including explosives-detecting K-9s searched the building before delivering the all-clear. (Stay on top of this and more local news; get daily newsletters and real-time news alerts from Harford County Patches, or like us on Facebook.)

Responding agencies included the Aberdeen Police Department, Aberdeen Fire Department, Harford County Sheriff's Office and APG.

"The actions of the suspect required the response of numerous public safety personnel and should not be viewed as a 'prank' or a 'joke,' but as the criminal act that it was," the Aberdeen Police Department said in a statement Wednesday.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Sgt. Shannon Persuhn of the Aberdeen Police Department at 410-272- 2121.

Photos courtesy of the Aberdeen Police Department.