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| Evacuation after Santa alarmed by elf |
| 2009-12-03 |
| A PACKED shopping centre in the southern US state of Georgia was evacuated after Santa Claus overheard a rather odd elf mention high-powered explosives, police said today. "At around 7pm on Wednesday (local time), William Caldwell III - he's 45 years old, five feet tall (1.58m) and 108 pounds (49 kilograms) - was dressed as an elf and waiting to see Santa Claus at our mall," Captain James Callaway of the police criminal investigations unit in the town of Morrow, said. "Santa Claus was alarmed by the fact that this grown man was dressed as an elf. He was also alarmed because he overheard him saying 'dynamite' two times," Capt Callaway said. Santa notified security, who apprehended Caldwell and evacuated several thousand people who were shopping at the mall, Capt Callaway said. Two bomb squads were called in to dispose of bags belonging to the elf, which had been left near Santa's grotto. The bags were found to contain nothing other than some personal effects: some clothing, and "an elf hat and a Santa hat," said Capt Callaway. Caldwell is being held in a county jail on charges of "terroristic threats and acts and creating a false public alarm". |
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