A Kentucky teenager involved with a white supremacist group and a violent online group has been arrested in connection to a bomb threat made to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office in August, according to an arrest affidavit.
On August 16, 18-year-old Curtis Hodge of Louisville, Kentucky, was said to have called PBSO Dispatch at 1:44 p.m. with the bomb threat. Hodge told the dispatcher that he was going to ” blow you up,” and when asked who he was threatening, he responded, “You, the police.”
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The call caused the sheriff’s office to shut down and evacuate its entire facility, including its dispatch center. Roads between Congress Avenue and Kirk Road were shut down while PBSO investigated.
The sheriff’s office reopened the area after a “thorough investigation was concluded,” all locations were secure and safe to resume regular operations.
Investigators were able to track down Hodge through the IP address linked to the device that made the bomb threat call.