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<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">May 19, 2022</p>
<p style="float:right; font-weight:bold; margin-bottom: 25px; font-size: 100%; text-align:right;">CONTACT: Christian Tabak
<br />Public Information Specialist
<br />Columbia Police Department
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<br />Toni Messina
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<div style="font-size: 110%; line-height:150%;"><h1 style="clear:both; margin-top: 75px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;">Suspect arrested in connection to bomb threat in 2400 block of West Ash Street, May 17</h1>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - <p style="display:inline;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Alexzander Scott Green, 25, of St. Joseph, Mo. was arrested for first-degree terroristic threat, first-degree stalking, and second-degree child endangerment.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Green was arrested by local police in Atchison, Kan. for charges related to a bomb threat made at the KinderCare Child Center in the 2400 block of West Ash Street on May 17.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">On May 17 at approximately 12:20 p.m. Columbia Police were made aware of a bomb threat at Columbia’s KinderCare Child Center. Children and staff were evacuated to a nearby building, and parents were made aware of the situation. <br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Mid-Missouri Bomb Squad was called in to investigate the threat, along with bomb-sniffing dogs from the University of Missouri
Police Department and the Capitol Police in Jefferson City. After thoroughly investigating the premises, the building was declared safe. <br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">The investigation led Columbia Police to identify Green as the suspect. Further investigation indicated that Green was possibly located in Atchison.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">After Columbia Police reached out to the Atchison Police Department for assistance in locating Green, Atchison Police successfully located and arrested him without incident.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you know something, say something. Columbia Police are asking for your help. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to please contact the Columbia Police Department at 573.874.7652. <br /><br />To report a tip without including your name or contact information, call CrimeStoppers at 573.875.TIPS (8477). A tip that leads to an arrest or helps solve a
felony crime could result in a cash reward.<br /></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Case number </strong><strong>2022-004507</strong><br /></span></p></div>
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