LAKE GROVE, N.Y. (1010 WINS) -- Suffolk County Police arrested a woman who falsely reported bomb and gun threats at a mall on Long Island on Sunday afternoon, authorities said.
Just after 4 p.m., officers responded to Smith Haven Mall in Lake Grove after a text message was sent to 911 reporting a bomb inside the mall, police said.
A few minutes later, another text message from the same phone number indicated a woman had a gun in the mall.
Officers conducted a thorough search and determined there was no threat to the public.
Following an investigation by detectives, Tasia Morales, an employee of one of the mall stores, was arrested.
Morales, 28, was charged with falsely reporting an Incident and was held overnight at the Fourth Precinct before
She is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on January 2.
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