NEWBURGH – Newburgh Town and City Police SWAT teams converged on
an office building at 436 Robinson Avenue on the city line shortly after
3:30 Monday afternoon for a report of hearing someone in the building
threatening people with a gun.
Police converged on the building and blocked off Route 9W.
Officers from both police departments conducted a search of the building
and found three uninvolved people including the caller. They were escorted
from the building.
Investigation determined one of the office suites houses a production
company that was doing voiceovers that involved playing recordings of
a man threatening people with a gun.
The production company staff had left the building just before the police
arrived.
