Wednesday, October 2, 2002

Search after bomb scare at Panasonic turns up nothing By JOHN MUNFORD jmunford@TheCitizenNews.com The Panasonic manufacturing facility in Peachtree City was evacuated Monday morning due to a bomb threat. According to police, several notes were left in the building saying, "This is a bomb threat. Take it as a joke if you want to." Some of the notes were found in employee mailboxes, and a partial copy of the note was found in a copy machine at the facility, said Maj. Mike DuPree of the Peachtree City Police Department. Officers were sent to the scene at 10:20 a.m. Monday, DuPree said. The company sent its work force home while police officers searched the building; nothing was found during the search, DuPree said. Police are still investigating the incident and following leads on possible suspects, DuPree said. A Panasonic spokesperson declined to comment on the incident, saying the company didn't want to encourage similar situations in the future.   What do you think of this story? Click here to send a message to the editor. Back to the News Home Page| Back to the top of the page