North Carolina
Second person arrested after bomb threat made at Western North Carolina courthouse
MARION, N.C. (WBTV) – Deputies arrested a second person accused of making a false bomb threat at a western North Carolina courthouse.
Law enforcement was called out to the McDowell County Courthouse on Feb. 17 for reports of a bomb threat. Another threat had been called in just 10 days prior. Neither threat was found to be credible.
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Deputies arrested 30-year-old Christopher Jaren Forney in connection with the Feb. 17 threat that day. A warrant was issued for 28-year-old David Russell Cash, who was arrested on Feb. 26.
Both men were charged with felony false bomb report regarding a public building.
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