KAUFMAN COUNTY, Texas – The Kaufman County Sheriff's Office has swept the Kaufman County Courthouse, south campus, and the Precinct 2 Sub Courthouse after bomb threat letters were discovered this morning in Forney, Texas.
KAUFMAN COUNTY, Texas – The Kaufman County Sheriff's Office has swept the Kaufman County Courthouse, south campus, and the Precinct 2 Sub Courthouse after bomb threat letters were discovered this morning in Forney, Texas.
According to Kaufman County Sheriff David A. Byrnes, a letter was discovered on a vehicle at an apartment complex this morning in Forney which indicated a possible bomb threat. Following the threat, the interior and exterior of the Kaufman County Courthouse as well as the south campus and the Precinct 2 Sub Courthouse were searched.
Deputies did not locate anything within the buildings to substantiate the bomb threat.
“We found nothing,” Sheriff Brynes told inForney.com. “Were working on it and were gonna continue to work on it.”
The Kaufman County Sheriff's Office is continuing to investigate the threat. “We're processing the note right now to see if we can come up with any evidence on it,” said Byrnes. The area the note was found has also been examined.
“We're on alert and everyone's being cautious, but so far we've found nothing,” he said.
Sources tell inForney.com the letter was vague and did not contain a very specific threat. Authorities were alerted about the bomb threat at approximately 9 a.m. None of the buildings were evacuated.