HAMPTON, Va. — Hampton police say they made an arrest in connection with the bomb threat investigation on Feb. 22.
Billy Ray Saulsberry III, a 43-year-old Chesapeake man, has been arrested in connection to this incident, according to police.
He has been charged with one count ofthreatening to bomb.
TRENDING: B.M. Williams Primary School in Chesapeake receives bomb threat for 2nd day in a row
He remains in custody at the Hampton City Jail.
At around 10:35 a.m., on Feb. 22, officials were notified of a potential bomb threat to the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courthouse located in the 200-blk of N. King Street.
Hampton police and members of the Hampton Division of Fire and Rescue responded to the scene, and as a precautionary measure, all citizens and employees from the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courthouse as well as the General District Courthouse, and Circuit Courthouse were evacuated.
A sweep of the courthouses was completed and there were no suspicious devices located, according to police. The criminal investigation into the threat is on-going.
Investigators are asking for the public’s assistance and have requested that anyone with information about whom may have made this threat to contact the Crime Line at 1–888-LOCK-U-UP.
Threatening to bomb is a class five felony which can carry a term of imprisonment of not less than one year nor more than 10 years, or in the discretion of the jury or the court trying the case without a jury, confinement in jail for not more than 12 months and a fine of not more than $2,500, either or both.
