Sheriff: New Year's bomb threat suspect incarcerated

MUNCIE, Ind. — A suspect in Saturday night's bomb threats that temporarily closed both Muncie Wal-Marts was arrested early Sunday in Grant County, according to Delaware County Sheriff Ray Dudley.

Grant County police stopped the suspect — whom Dudley said earlier had done such things before — in a vehicle stop early Sunday morning and took him into custody, the Delaware County sheriff said on Sunday. He did not know if or when the suspect might be transferred to Delaware County.

Calls threatening a bomb at Muncie Mall and Wal-Marts were traced to the suspect Saturday night, when the 24-hour stores had been evacuated and all three sites were being searched by police and bomb-sniffing dogs. All three sites had been found clear of explosives around 9 p.m. Saturday.

Sending police, fire trucks and ambulances to all three sites in response to the threats required a considerable amount of manpower from multiple departments, Dudley noted.

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