Arrest made in Pittsburgh Federal Building bomb threat

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Police have made an arrest after a bomb threat was made to the Federal Building in downtown Pittsburgh Monday evening.

A Homewood man, 60-year-old Aaron Horton Jr., was arrested and charged with terroristic threats and threats to use weapons of mass destruction in connection with Monday's incident.

Police say the bomb threat was phone in shortly after 5pm Monday evening. The building was evacuated, nearby roads were closed and K-9s searched the building.

The investigation is ongoing.

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