(Kennewick, WA) -- The St. Joseph's Children's Center was placed on lockdown Friday morning after police in Layton, Utah received a bomb threat they felt was made toward this school. Police came to the children's center around 11:30am and set up a security perimeter...
Kennewick police have issued a bulletin Thursday warning businesses and others to NOT 'bite' on an email that claims bomb threats.
Police say the threats come via email, and attempt to extort the business into sending money after it has been converted to some of that new crypto currency...
According to authorities, the item that led to a lock down of McGloughlin High school in Milton-Freewater last week turned out to be a briefcase with a bottle of baby oil and hair care products inside.
The bomb squad x-rayed the briefcase, which had been left in a much-used student gathering area...
Steven Eugene Brown is the 52-year-old Kennewick man charged with calling in two bomb threats to Columbia Basin College. He allegedly made the calls prior to having to take a test at the school.