Rutherford County man allegedly threatened to blow up hospital in DeKalb County

Sep 08, 2014 at 09:16 pm by bryan


A Rutherford County man who allegedly phoned in verbal threats to staff at DeKalb Community Hospital last month has now been charged with making false reports.

46 year old Keith Nations is under a $50,000 bond and is currently undergoing an evaluation.

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According to Smithville Police Chief Randy Caplinger, Nations phoned the hospital several times on Saturday, August 30, making verbal threats. At one point, Nations said he would come to the hospital and blow it up. Chief Caplinger said police were notified and the hospital was placed on lock down during the investigation. Police discovered that Nations was responsible and that he used his cell phone to make the calls. Rutherford County authorities were contacted and they located and arrested Nations.

Chief Caplinger said its unknown why Nations phoned in threats at the hospital here since he is unknown to the staff and they have no record of him.

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