SUBJECT: Bomb Threat 

Date: February 4, 2005

On February 2, 2005 at approximately 3:30 P.M. Kootenai County 911 Center received a 911 call from an unknown caller who advised that there was a bomb in “the police station”. The caller would not identify which police station he was referring to and hung up the telephone. KC 911 was able to determine that the caller was calling on a cell phone from the Post Falls area, but found that the cell phone had been disconnected and they were unable to determine the call back telephone number or who the phone belonged to.  

The Post Falls Police Department was immediately notified of the threat and evacuated the unsecured portions of the building while a protective sweep was conducted. Nothing suspicious was found and business resumed back to normal within 30 minutes. The caller made several harassing 911 calls throughout the night, but no further threats were made.

The male caller called KC 911 again at approximately 2:00 P.M. today, and the Kootenai County 911 operator was able to get information from the caller that allowed the Post Falls Police Department to identify the suspect.

The suspect is a juvenile male who lives in Post Falls and due to his age his name is being withheld. Patrol Officers and Detectives made contact with the juvenile, and his parents, at their home and were able to obtain a confession from the child that he had call 911, stating that he was board.  He admitted to making the harassing 911 calls from a disconnected cell phone that he had in the home.

The juvenile was not arrested at this time, the case remains under investigation and charges are pending.

Date: February 4, 2005

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Lt. Haug

AUTHOR: Lt. Haug