Cobb Courthouse Evacuated After Bomb Threats

Updated 12:50 p.m.

A spokesman with the Cobb County Sheriff's Office said officials have someone in custody in connection with today's bomb threat, which forced the evacuation of the Cobb County Courthouse and the Cherokee Justice Center.

"We've got somebody in custody," Col. Milton Beck told Patch.

A press conference with Sheriff Neil Warren and Marietta Police Chief Dan Flynn is scheduled for later this afternoon, he said.

No other details were immediately available.

Original Report

The Cobb County Courthouse and Cherokee Justice Center have been evacuated.

"Around 11 a.m., there was a call into the Cobb 911 Center stating that there was a bomb threat for Cherokee and the Cobb County courthouses," said Marietta Police spokesman David Baldwin. "Both courthouses have taken all of the precautions and the evacuations."

The Cobb County Sheriff's Office is the lead agency, but spokeswoman Nancy Bodiford was not immediately available for comment.

This is not the first time that someone has called in an anonymous bomb threat that forced the evacuation of the Cobb and Cherokee courthouses. The same thing happened in January.

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