Bomb threat at Lane Southern Orchards was a ‘hoax,’ company says
A bomb threat Monday at Georgia’s largest peach farm was a hoax, according to a spokesperson for the facility.
Wendy Barton, marketing director for Lane Southern Orchards in Fort Valley, said she got a threatening phone call Monday morning about a bomb at the peach company.
“Fortunately it was a hoax, but we had to follow protocol when things like that happen,” Barton told The Telegraph Tuesday.
Customers were shopping in the roadside market at 50 Lane Road when the call was made, according to Barton.
“We got all the customers out” and the facility was closed for about three hours while fire and law enforcement agencies searched the property, Barton said.
The facility reopened later Monday afternoon.
She declined to share what the threatening phone call entailed as the incident was under investigation.
The Peach County Sheriff’s Office did not respond to The Telegraph’s requests for comment or records prior to publication.
This story was originally published March 31, 2026 at 10:23 AM.
