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Pizza Hut bomb threat arrest

By Rebecca Feldhaus

Paducah, KY – A Paducah teenager was behind a bomb threat on April 10th that briefly closed a Lone Oak Pizza Hut. Police arrested Pizza Hut employee, 18-year-old Rickey Ort and charged him with second degree terroristic threatening. Ort phoned 9-1-1 to issue the threat. Police ordered an evacuation of the restaurant. Following an investigation police determined it was a hoax. Ort told investigators he made the call because he didn't feel like working that day.