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Bomb Scare
The bomb scare story is completly irrelevant to the subject of this article and reads as a news article (poorly written at that.) It should be removed and can be replaced as one sentence. The entry is below. '' At roughly 7:00 PM local time April 14, 2011, someone had left a suitcase containing a suspected improvised explosive device in the lobby of WDIV-TV (the headquarters of Post-Newsweek Stations) after being denied entry by the station's security guard, prompting the Detroit Police Bomb Squad to evacuate the studio. At the beginning of the 11 PM news, the news crew reported from the corner of Lafayette and Howard streets, with their mobile news truck in the background. Carmen Harlan (WDIV-TV head anchor) had reported that aDDOT bus had arrived as a makeshift "warming station", since the breezy night air was only 39 F. Devin Scillian (WDIV-TV 's other anchor) had explained to viewers that during the time they were outside, they would be unable to access their master control boards, which meant "no news, no tapes, no editing, and no commercials, which may or may not be a bad thing for the viewers". The station's PSIP had temporarily reverted to 45.1, with the video in 720p. At 11:15, the all-clear was given for the news crew to return from the cold and re-enter the studio, with the device being detonated[1]

Upon reentering the studio, Devin Scillian had explained that the station has a policy of not normally reporting bomb threats immediately, in case they turn out to be nothing . However, in their case, they had no access to their studio for the Local 4 News at 11, and needed to explain why they were on the street, running from their mobile truck, instead of their studio. Bernie Smilovitz (WDIV-TV sports anchor) had also added that after he and the news crew had returned from dinner, they were called by their family members to "bring a coat". The news had first broke via the news crew posting to their Twitter and Facebook accounts, and had found out that their competitors (WJBK , WXYZ-TV and WMYD ) were reporting on the situation while they were locked out, and before their mobile truck could return to the studios from its assignments. The evacuations also included the Doubletree Hotel , across the street. The briefcase in question turned out not to have any explosive materials, just a sweater and some emptysoda cans , left by a homeless man that had followed a WDIV employee in for warmth and coffee . He was tracked down the next day and brought to Detroit Receiving Hospital for observation. The Detroit Police and Post-Newsweek's management said that charges would not be laid, as this was "just a big misunderstanding".