Threat, gas force some to evacuate homes in Greenfield
Published Feb. 22, 2010 at 10:54 p.m.
Several residents in the 6300 block of Leroy Ave. in Greenfield were evacuated from their homes Monday afternoon after a 45-year-old man told police he was trying to fill up his house with gas, Greenfield Police Capt. Paul Schlecht said.The man was described as distraught when he called police at 1:48 p.m. and made the threatening statement, Schlect said.Officers arrived and could smell gas outside the house where the man was located, he said.