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Bomb Threat Called In On Graves County Courthouse Early This Morning

Kentucky State Police, Facebook

  A Mayfield man faces charges including terroristic threatening after allegedly making a bomb threat on the Graves County Courthouse early Wednesday morning.

Kentucky State Police said a local crisis hotline worker alerted them of the threat around 3:00.

 

The crisis worker told KSP a male had told their agency he had placed a bomb in the courthouse.

 

Troopers immediately secured the area around the courthouse and concluded around 6:00 A.M. that there was no explosive device on the scene.

 

KSP said a preliminary investigation has led to the arrest of 55-year-old Robin Farley.

 

He was taken into custody and charged with First Degree Terroristic Threatening, First Degree Possession of a Controlled Substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. He is lodged in the Graves County Jail.

 

 

Taylor is a recent Murray State University graduate where she studied journalism and history. When she's not reporting for WKMS, she enjoys creative writing and traveling. She loves writing stories that involve diversity, local culture and history, nature and recreation, art and music, and national or local politics. If you have a news tip or idea, shoot her an email at tinman1@murraystate.edu!
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