Crime & Safety
Man Made Fake Bomb Threat To Englewood Medical Facility: Prosecutor
Sentilliano Canko, 32, used technology to hide his phone number when he made the threat, authorities said.
ENGLEWOOD, NJ — A New York man was charged with creating a false public alarm after he called in a bomb threat to a city medical facility in August, authorities said.
Sentiliano Canko, 32, of Astoria, New York, was charged with false public alarm and possession of a prescription legend drug, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal announced Wednesday.
The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office received information that someone called a bomb threat in to an Englewood medical facility Aug. 15 and used technology to hide where the call originated from, Grewal said.
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The prosecutor's office Cyber Crimes Unit and the Englewood Police Department investigated the call and tried to determine its origin, Grewal said.
Canko was arrested in Rochelle Park on Sept. 26 as a result of the investigation, the prosecutor said. He had Suboxone in his possession when he was arrested, Grewal said.
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Canko is scheduled to appear in Bergen County Central Judicial Processing Court Oct. 11.
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