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Police arrest man for pulling false alarm at Pittsburgh Steelers' hotel

Massachusetts State Police have apprehended and charged the man who pulled the fire alarm in the Pittsburgh Steelers' hotel early Sunday morning, authorities tell ESPN's Sal Paolantonio.

A 25-year-old Boston man has been charged with disorderly conduct, disturbing the peace and pulling a false alarm at the team's airport hotel in Boston.

According to sources, the man pulled an alarm in a stairwell near an exit at the hotel and jumped into a waiting car with two other men and fled the scene, but was quickly apprehended by the state police.

The hotel was evacuated while firefighters checked the building.