JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — There’s heavy police presence at Planet Fitness on Old St. Augustine Road.
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In addition to that location, there are also police at Planet Fitness in Normandy and on Beach Boulevard. Action News Jax has learned both are bomb threats.
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Nicholas Brooks is live at the location on the Southside. This is part of a recent trend targeting the fitness chain.
There has been an on-line movement demanding a boycott of Planet Fitness in retaliation for the gym’s trans-inclusive locker room policy.
At least 17 locations of Planet Fitness have reported hoax bomb threats in recent weeks.
It’s after revoking an Alaska woman’s membership for snapping photos of a transgender woman, who was biologically male, shaving in the women’s locker room.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office issued a statement that read, “We responded to several locations in the city in reference to a reported bomb investigation which has since been determined not to be a threat.”
Action News Jax reached out to the company about today’s incidents and is awaiting to hear back.
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