Tip:
Highlight text to annotate it
X
BOMB THREAT.
(TURN MON CAM 3)
NO BOMB WAS FOUND ... BUT A
PORTION OF MAIN STREET AND HIGH
STREET NEAR THE COUNTY
COURTHOUSE AND JUSTICE CENTER
WERE BLOCKED OFF AS THE
BUILDINGS WERE
SEARCHED FOR EXPLOSIVES.
W-Y-M-T'S MATTHEW RAND HAS MORE.
(PKG)
(VO)
MINOR ALLEN/HAZARD POLICE CHIEF
- YOU
KNOW ANY TIME YOU GET ANY KIND
OF CALL, WE TAKE IT SERIOUSLY
Police say around 10 a.m., the
Perry County Circuit Court
Clerk's office received a series
of five phone calls warning of a
bomb inside either the judicial
center or the county courthouse.
(SOT)
MINOR ALLEN/HAZARD POLICE CHIEF
- FROM
TALKING TO THE PERSON THAT TAKEN
THE PHONE CALL, IT APPEARED TO
BE THE SAME PERSON ON
ALL FIVE PHONE CALLS, SO WE ARE
IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF
TRYING TO GET THAT
PERSON IDENTIFIED
Both buildings were evacuated
... And police shut down a
portion of Main and High streets
while they conducted their
search. Kentucky State Police
brought in a dog to sniff for
explosives ... But
none were found. Still, officers
say the threat had to be treated
as credible.
(SOT)
TONY EVERSOLE/PERRY COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE
- WELL, YOU GOT TO MAKE THEM ALL
CREDIBLE. YOU KNOW, IF A CALL
COMES IN, YOU
HAVE TO DO THE APPROPRIATE
ACTION, AND EVERYBODY WORKED
WELL TOGETHER
AND IT ALL WORKED OUT GOOD
(SOT)
PERRY COUNTY JUDGE EXECUTIVE
SCOTT
ALEXANDER PRAISED FIRST
RESPONDERS IN THEIR HANDLING OF
THE SITUATION
(SOT)
SCOTT ALEXANDER/JUDGE
EXECUTIVE - WE WANTED TO GET
EVERYONE OUT OF HARM'S WAY AS
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE,
AND THE RESPONSE WAS GREAT BY
OUR LOCAL OFFICIALS
(SOT)
SCOTT ALEXANDER/JUDGE
EXECUTIVE - YOU HATE TO SEE THIS
IN A SMALL TOWN, BUT ANY TIME
THAT YOU GET A THREAT
TO OUR CITIZENS, WE'RE GOING TO
TAKE IT SERIOUS, AND TAKE EVERY
PRECAUTION THAT
WE CAN TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY
SAFE
Both buildings were re-opened
after a final sweep. In Perry
County, WYMT Mountain News.
(STEVE)
OFFICERS SAY THEY ARE WORKING TO
TRACK DOWN THE PERSON WHO MADE
THE CALLS.
ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED
TO CALL HAZARD P-D OR THE PERRY
COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
(STEVE)
A TEXAS TEEN THAT USED AFFLUENZA
AS A DEFENSE RETURNED TO THE U-S
TODAY. OFFICIALS SAY