WalMart Store — Image by © Alan Schein Photography/CORBIS
Two Franklin County teens were arrested Friday night, Jan. 1, after they allegedly called in a bomb threat to the Tullahoma Wal-Mart Store on North Jackson Street.
According to a report by Tullahoma Police Officer William Pyrdom, a store employee received a call around 10 p.m. New Year’s night telling her that there was a bomb in the building. The caller then hung up.
Dispatchers with the Coffee County Communication Center contacted Verizon officials who advised that the call originated in Franklin County. A Franklin County Sheriff’s deputy went to the residence and spoke with the teens. The two allegedly admitted to making the call.
The Franklin County deputy took the two to the Franklin/Coffee County line and turned them over to Pyrdom who transported them to the Coffee County Jail. They were charged with making a bomb threat and cited into Coffee County Juvenile Court.
