MARIETTA, Ga. - For the second time in two weeks, Marietta police responded to a bomb threat that forced evacuations, road closures and heavy emergency response.

Both turned out to be hoaxes.

What they're saying:

Police say the latest threat came Wednesday morning when a 911 caller claimed explosives were outside Lovely Bodies Gym on West Atlanta Street and demanded $50,000. Officers quickly evacuated the building, shut down surrounding roads and called in the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office bomb squad to search the area. No explosives were found.

"I heard sirens and then I seen multiple cop cars," said Nyjua Mallett, who works at the gym. "They searched the whole parking lot, the cars around the building, inside."

Two weeks earlier, a similar scare unfolded at Johnnie MacCracken’s Pub

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