A Georgia man has been sentenced to federal prison for making a bomb threat against a Social Security Administration Office in last year.
Keyon Tishaye Dickens, 38, called the SSA office in Augusta on Oct. 10, 2023, and threatened to blow up the building with an explosive device, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
This happened because Dickens had received a notice from the Supplemental Security Income that he had been overpaid and that the Social Security Administration was going to recoup the funds, according to court documents.
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Dickens then came to the office, where he showed a security officer a handwritten message that read “I have a bomb.”
A security officer called the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office and the building was locked down and then evacuated.
After no bomb was found, deputies took Dickens into custody, according to the Department of Justice.
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