Listen: 911 Calls Log Bomb Threats

Calls recorded in May by 911 dispatchers prompted a of the in Cartersville. Authorities this week released the 911 calls, which Sgt. Jonathan Rogers said were placed from "an inactive cell phone."

"There's a bomb in your courthouse," one caller says. "There's a bomb in the courthouse....A bomb," another adds.

A subsequent June had authorities crossing county lines to examine any possible connection.

"I have been in contact with Cherokee County and compared notes [and] investigation thoughts on the cases," Rogers said last month. "At this point, nothing suggests that they may be related other than they both ."

Since the courthouse threats, at least three other bomb scares have evacuated stores in Cartersville, necessitating law enforcement responses and searches.

A week after the threat to Cartersville's courthouse, got two early-morning that led to a 3-hour evacuatation, but investigators at the time said no evidence indicated it was related to the courthouse threat.

determined two more subsequent bomb scares were hoaxes.

In June, a at conveyed the threat of a bomb. Monday, received a for about an hour.

"We have no tips or leads yet, however, an investigator has been assigned to investigate the threats as of [yesterday] morning," Lt. Mark Camp said. "He will be looking at each one to see if they are tied together."

Authorities found no bombs or other devices during any of the searches.

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