Sacramento man’s bogus bomb threats to 911 dispatchers lead to arrest

A Sacramento man is in jail after allegedly calling 911 with bogus reports of bombs at a local supermarket and a fast-food restaurant.

Sacramento County Sheriff’s deputies Wednesday booked the 46-year-old man into Sacramento County Main Jail, on a felony charge of making a false report of planting a bomb; and a misdemeanor charge of falsely reporting an emergency, according to jail records. The man is being held in lieu of $50,000 bail. Sheriff’s officials said the man had no prior criminal record.

Sheriff’s officials said the man first called Sheriff’s Office dispatchers Sept. 27 to report a bomb at a south Sacramento Walmart. The man allegedly called dispatchers a second time on Sept. 28, for a report of a bomb at a Jack in the Box restaurant on Florin Road…

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