Tag Archives: bomb threats

NBC News reports: Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Mass., said Saturday that she and her family had been targeted by a bomb threat and that local police are working with the U.S. Capitol Police to investigate the incident. Westford Police Department Capt. Michael Breault said the department was made aware of the threat via email Saturday morning, at which point they responded …

Axios reports: House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Saturday condemned a series of bomb threats targeting House and Senate Democrats from New England over the Thanksgiving recess. The incidents left members of Congress feeling shaken and beleaguered by the increasingly relentless cycle of violence facing American political figures. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ (D-N.Y.) office said each threat was “signed …

ABC News reports: The homes of multiple Democratic members of Congress in Connecticut were targeted by bomb threats on Thanksgiving Day. Reps. Joe Courtney, Jahana Hayes, Jim Himes, and John Larson all said their homes were targeted on Thursday. “This morning, I was notified of a bomb threat targeting my home where I was celebrating Thanksgiving with my family,” Himes …

Nashville’s NPR affiliate reports: Goodlettsville police say they responded this morning to a bomb threat at the home of Pete Hegseth, president-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense. The heavy police presence led to the closure of portions of Patton Branch and Madison Creek roads in the Sumner County portion of Goodlettsville Wednesday. This is one of a number …

NBC News reports: Bomb threats sent to polling places and ballot-counting locations in at least five battleground states across the U.S. Tuesday targeted mostly Democratic counties, an NBC News analysis has found. The full extent of who received the bomb threats is not clear. None are believed to have been deemed credible. NBC News compiled a list of 67 locations …

The Hill reports: Georgia election officials had to evacuate two polling locations in Union City in Fulton County on Election Day after what were eventually deemed non-credible bomb threats were called in by a “foreign state actor,” according to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. “We pretty well dispelled that very quickly,” Raffensperger said at a press conference Tuesday morning. “But …

Atlanta First News reports: Two polling locations in Fulton County were temporarily evacuated Tuesday morning after they received false bomb threats. The threats, which were deemed to be non-credible, targeted five polls in total, according to Fulton County Director of Registration and Elections Nadine Williams. The county is seeking a court order to extend the two polling locations’ hours past …

From the Justice Department: A Georgia poll worker was arrested today for mailing a letter to the Jones County Elections Superintendent threatening poll workers. According to the criminal complaint, Nicholas Wimbish, 25, of Milledgeville, Georgia, was serving as a poll worker at the Jones County Elections Office on Oct. 16 when he allegedly had a verbal altercation with a voter. …

Los Angeles’s ABC affiliate reports: According to the Los Angeles Police Department, a caller who identified himself as “Henry” called the National Suicide Hotline on March 28 and made several statements about bombing the TransLatin@ Coalition on Juneteenth. Police said he also talked about setting their building on fire with gasoline and made a statement about attacking the Pride Parade …

NBC News reports: At least six state capitol complexes across the U.S. were forced to evacuate Wednesday morning due to a series of bomb threats, officials said. In Georgia, Gabriel Sterling, an elections official with the Office of the Secretary of State, wrote on X around 8:30 a.m. ET that there had been a bomb threat at the Georgie state …

The New York Daily News reports: The NYPD is investigating disturbing bomb threats emailed to synagogues throughout the city on Christmas Eve Day, though the messages appear to be a hoax, cops said Sunday. Police described the threat as “not credible” but added, “we will continue to deploy resources to houses of worship around the city.” “These emails appear to …

The Messenger reports: A planned “Drag Story Hour” at a Brooklyn library was forced to move on Saturday morning after bomb threat were called into 911. Police officers, the bomb squad, a K-9 unit and emergency medical services responded to the threat phoned in by a male caller against the Cortelyou branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. The library was …

Los Angeles’s ABC affiliate reports: An angry passenger who missed his flight from Las Vegas to Los Angeles phoned in a bomb threat Thursday, triggering a security alert at LAX, authorities said. The JetBlue flight that landed at Los Angeles International Airport around 2 p.m. was held on the tarmac for more than an hour before passengers were allowed to …

Patch Los Angeles reports: The Anheuser-Busch Budweiser factory in Van Nuys was targeted with a bomb threat Thursday, prompting a sweep of the sprawling campus, the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed. An Anheuser-Busch employee confirmed to Patch that several Budweiser facilities across the nation were targeted with bomb threats as the company faces massive backlash for an advertising partnership with …

Bloomberg News reports: A bomb threat was called in just as a judge in lower Manhattan was about to start a hearing over a $250 million lawsuit by New York Attorney General Letitia James against Donald Trump. Tuesday’s 911 call was investigated, the courthouse at 60 Centre Street temporarily closed and searched, and the threat deemed unfounded, state court spokesman …

Boston’s ABC affiliate reports: Tufts University Police are alerting students and faculty that a bomb threat has been reported affecting the Tufts University Medford/Somerville campus. University Police are asking everyone to take their belongings with them. Authorities are searching East Hall, Anderson Hall, Bendetson Hall, 7th floor of the Dowling building, Paige Hall, Miner Hall, Joyce Cummings Center, SEC Complex, …

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports: A Christmas concert with Patti LaBelle at Milwaukee’s Riverside Theater came to a sudden and shocking end Saturday night, after a bomb threat forced the R&B legend to leave the stage mid-show and the near-capacity audience to evacuate the theater. Video taken from the Riverside Saturday shows the 78-year-old LaBelle chatting with an audience member …

Las Vegas’s NBC News affiliate reports: A man was arrested outside of The STRAT on Wednesday after making several bomb threats. According to an arrest report, Brian Gower was wandering through the street near The STRAT threatening to blow up the building. Gower allegedly continued making threats, stating he was Joe Rogan 2.0 and that he “had a grenade in …

The Washington Post reports: D.C. police said they arrested a 16-year-old and charged him with calling in bomb threats at several high schools in the District on Wednesday, forcing the evacuations of hundreds of students and staff from buildings across the city. Dustin Sternbeck, a police spokesman, said the youth is from Southeast Washington and is being charged with making …

The Washington Post reports: Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Harris, was evacuated from a Washington D.C. public school Tuesday afternoon following a bomb threat, officials said. A Secret Service agent told Emhoff “we have to go” as he participated in an event at Dunbar High School marking Black History Month. A schoolwide announcement followed saying teachers should evacuate …