BREAKING: Police departments in multiple cities report bomb threats

Multiple police stations in cities across the United States have reported receiving bomb threats via email. The emails also tried to extort these police stations for money. So far, the locations threatened have all been declared to be safe and no explosives have been discovered.

Police in Frederick, Maryland, New York City, Boston, Detroit, and Ann Arbor, Michigan, have all reportedly responded to separate threats.

FPD received several reports of bomb threats at different locations within the last hour. These threats were sent by email. Officers have cleared the locations and determined them to be safe. Detectives are working to determine the origin of the threats. pic.twitter.com/a5DFPiF0QH
— Frederick Police (@Fred_MD_Police) December 13, 2018

According to a tweet by the NYPD, the threat was part of an email demanding payment for money. The NYPD stressed that “[w]hile this email has been sent to numerous locations, searches have been conducted and NO DEVICES have been found." It determined that these threats were “likely NOT CREDIBLE."

Please be advised - there is an email being circulated containing a bomb threat asking for bitcoin payment. While this email has been sent to numerous locations, searches have been conducted and NO DEVICES have been found. pic.twitter.com/7omOs13Z7Q
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) December 13, 2018

At this time, it appears that these threats are meant to cause disruption and/or obtain money. We'll respond to each call regarding these emails to conduct a search but we wanted to share this information so the credibility of these threats can be assessed as likely NOT CREDIBLE.
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) December 13, 2018

This is a developing story and will be updated