Woman accused of ‘maliciously’ pulling Dunkin’ fire alarm due in court Friday
A 48-year-old woman accused of "maliciously" pulling the fire alarms at a Dunkin' in Concord, then leaving behind a "suspicious suitcase" at a convenience store next door, will be arraigned on criminal charges Friday, according to police and court records.
April Grueter, of Webster, is charged with false fire alarm, tampering with a fire call box, disorderly conduct and possession of a hoax device. She is set to be arraigned in Concord District Court on Friday morning, court records show.
At around 7:12 p.m. Thursday, Concord firefighters were called to the Dunkin' at 1641 Sudbury Road for a report of a fire alarm activation.
There, firefighters discovered two fire alarms within the store had been pulled by a woman who left the store, Concord Police said in a statement. The same woman, later identified as Grueter, went to the convenience store next door, where police say she made threatening statements and dropped off a suitcase before fleeing in a vehicle.
The convenience store and Dunkin' were both closed, and all businesses within 300 feet were evacuated while a bomb squad from the Massachusetts State Police responded to the scene to evaluate the suitcase, police wrote.
While the police and fire departments secured the stores, they began a search for Grueter, eventually finding her in a crashed vehicle on South Great Road in Lincoln a short time later.
Police say Grueter fled her vehicle, but she was eventually found in a nearby wooded area.
The bomb squad determined the suitcase did not contain any explosives or incendiary devices, police said.
After her arrest, Grueter was held overnight on $5,000 cash bail.
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