ITHACA, NY (WSKG) – The Hilton Canopy Hotel in downtown Ithaca received a phoned in bomb threat on Wednesday morning.
The building was evacuated before the police arrived.


AP Photo/Michael Dwyer
(AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
The Ithaca Police Department and Cornell University Police responded. The hotel and the immediate area were checked by K-9 units of both police departments. A statement from the Ithaca Police said no suspicious items were found.
Traffic was diverted for about ninety minutes.