Crime

Youth Detention Center cleared after bomb threat

Bibb County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a bomb threat at the Macon Regional Youth Detention Center on Thursday afternoon.

The caller said he was going to “blow the place up,” according to a news release.

After the building was cleared about 1:45 p.m., the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office Bomb Disposal Unit searched the building and determined there were no explosive devices, according to the release.

People were allowed to re-enter the building around 4:30 p.m., and Bibb County investigators are working to identify the caller.

Anyone with information about the incident can contact the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at 478-751 -7500 or Macon Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-877-68CRIME.

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Jenna Eason
The Telegraph
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Jenna Eason creates serviceable news around culture, business and people who make a difference in the Macon community for The Telegraph. Jenna joined The Telegraph staff as a Peyton Anderson Fellow and multimedia reporter after graduating from Mercer University in May 2018 with a journalism degree and interning at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Jenna has covered issues surrounding the coronavirus pandemic, Middle Georgia elections and protests for the Middle Georgia community and Telegraph readers. Support my work with a digital subscription
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