Nation wide bomb threat results in local search

CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. (The Paper) - A nation wide bomb threat resulted in a call to the Crawfordsville Police Department Friday morning, 24-Hour News 8’s news partner The Paper of Montgomery County reports.

The manager of the Capri theater received a called from corporate headquarters. Manager Lisa Howard said someone had called one of the Carmike Cinemas in Georgia and said nine bombs had been planted in Carmike Cinemas across the U.S.

Carmike operates more than 350 theaters, three of which are in Indiana. They are located in Crawfordsville, Elkhart, and Fort Wayne, Howard said.

Just before 11 a.m., Howard called police and asked to have the theater searched for bombs.

A K-9 team from Tippecanoe County was brought to Crawfordsville to search the building, located in Crawfordsville Square on U.S. 231 South.

The Crawfordsville Fire Department was also present.

“Nothing was found,” Howard said.

A nation wide threat of the Carmike Cinemas is a rare occurrence, Howard said.

The theater chain’s headquarters in located in Columbus, Ga.