{"id":73932,"date":"2016-09-22T20:57:17","date_gmt":"2016-09-23T03:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=73932"},"modified":"2016-09-27T18:01:16","modified_gmt":"2016-09-28T01:01:16","slug":"homemade-candles-trigger-mall-evacuation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2016\/09\/22\/homemade-candles-trigger-mall-evacuation\/","title":{"rendered":"Homemade candles trigger mall evacuation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_73934\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-73934\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73934\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/AV-Mall-threat-9.22.16-1.jpg\" alt=\"A suspicious package call came in from the Antelope Valley Mall around 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, sheriff's officials said. [Photo by LUIS MEZA]\" width=\"620\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/AV-Mall-threat-9.22.16-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/AV-Mall-threat-9.22.16-1-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-73934\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A suspicious package call came in from the Antelope Valley Mall around 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, sheriff&#8217;s officials said. [Photo by LUIS MEZA]<\/figcaption><\/figure><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PALMDALE &#8211; A suspicious package left near the JC Penney entrance prompted evacuation of the Antelope Valley Mall Thursday afternoon at 1233 Rancho Vista Boulevard in Palmdale, authorities said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The suspicious package call came in around 2:30 p.m., according to a <a href=\"http:\/\/local.nixle.com\/alert\/5730553\/\" target=\"_blank\">news release from the Sheriff\u2019s Information Bureau<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_73933\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-73933\" style=\"width: 288px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73933\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/AV-Mall-threat-9.22.16-2.jpg\" alt=\"Suspicious package\/ homemade candles [LUIS MEZA]\" width=\"288\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/AV-Mall-threat-9.22.16-2.jpg 288w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/AV-Mall-threat-9.22.16-2-253x300.jpg 253w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-73933\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Suspicious package\/ homemade candles [LUIS MEZA]<\/figcaption><\/figure><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s arson\/explosives team was sent to the location to investigate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The threat was called off about three hours later, after a woman came to scene and said she left the package &#8212; two homemade candles in mason jars &#8212; near the mall by mistake, according to deputies at the scene. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cInvestigators applied render safe procedures and deemed the item was not harmful,\u201d the sheriff\u2019s news release states.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The mall reopened around 6 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PALMDALE &#8211; A suspicious package left near the JC Penney entrance prompted evacuation of the Antelope Valley Mall Thursday afternoon at 1233 Rancho Vista Boulevard in Palmdale, authorities said. The suspicious package call came in around 2:30 p.m., according to a news release from the Sheriff\u2019s Information Bureau. 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