"At around 1:50 p.m., officers responded to a reported threat at the supermarket chain's Jamaica Plain location at 301 Centre St., police said in an email to Boston.com. About six minutes later, more officers responded to a second threat at 305 Guest St., the store's Allston location. Bomb squads were requested and responded to both incidents, according to Officer Mark Marron."
"Police in Reading responded to a similar threat that same day at a Stop & Shop located at 25 Walkers Brook Drive. The town's police department issued an advisory at about 2:30 p.m. urging the community to avoid the area. By about 3:15 p.m., police and the bomb squad had completed a search of the supermarket and determined that the threat was not credible."
"The threats were all placed within about fifteen minutes of each other, and police are investigating if the incidents are related. Police did not say if the three reported threats are related or were placed by the same caller, but law enforcement officials are continuing to investigate."
Boston police responded to bomb threats at two Stop & Shop locations on Monday afternoon. The first threat occurred at the Jamaica Plain store at 1:50 p.m., followed by a second threat at the Allston location approximately six minutes later. Bomb squads were deployed to both sites but found nothing suspicious. A third similar threat was reported at a Stop & Shop in Reading at 1:45 p.m., prompting evacuation and a search by police and the Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad. That threat was determined to be non-credible by 3:15 p.m. All three incidents occurred within a short timeframe, and authorities are investigating whether the threats are connected.
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