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A 34-year-old man was arrested after driving through the U.S. Coast Guard station Grand Haven, Mich., on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015.(Photo: Meghan Bunchman, WZZM-TV, Grand Rapids, Mich.)
GRAND HAVEN, Mich. — A 34-year-old man was arrested after driving a pickup through a U.S. Coast Guard station gate Sunday morning in Michigan after a telephone bomb threat.
The man, whose name has not been released, also assaulted Coast Guard personnel at the station before he was subdued, said Jeff Hawke, Grand Haven (Mich.) Public Safety director.
"The suspect is not from Grand Haven," Hawke told reporters. "We're unsure, unclear on whether he is acting alone or not. The investigation is rapidly expanding into other areas of Michigan. No indication of a motive at this time. That part of the investigation is still ongoing."
According to the Grand Haven Department of Public Safety, the suspect said there were explosives in his truck, however no explosives were found.
Initially the incident was investigated as a potential act of domestic terrorism, but police found there was no evidence that was the case.
All Coast Guard personnel are safe. All road closures and shelter-in-place alerts around the area were lifted.
According to a U.S. Coast Guard news release, the Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan in Milwaukee was notified that the Ottawa County Dispatch had received a telephone call about 6 a.m. from "an unknown man claiming he had a bomb in his truck and was going to blow up Station Grand Haven."
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