Sacramento man’s bogus bomb threats to 911 dispatchers lead to arrest

A Sacramento man is in jail after allegedly calling 911 with bogus reports of bombs at a local supermarket and a fast-food restaurant.

Sacramento County Sheriff’s deputies Wednesday booked the 46-year-old man into Sacramento County Main Jail, on a felony charge of making a false report of planting a bomb; and a misdemeanor charge of falsely reporting an emergency, according to jail records. The man is being held in lieu of $50,000 bail. Sheriff’s officials said the man had no prior criminal record.

Sheriff’s officials said the man first called Sheriff’s Office dispatchers Sept. 27 to report a bomb at a south Sacramento Walmart. The man allegedly called dispatchers a second time on Sept. 28, for a report of a bomb at a Jack in the Box restaurant on Florin Road.

Dispatchers received two more calls from the man the following day, Sept. 29; the first, a report of a stabbing, before a report of a bomb at a Walmart supermarket.

Sheriff’s investigators were able to trace the telephone calls back to the man, who waits to be arraigned on the charges Friday in Sacramento Superior Court.

Darrell Smith

The Sacramento Bee

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Darrell Smith is a local reporter for The Sacramento Bee. He joined The Bee in 2006 and previously worked at newspapers in Palm Springs, Colorado Springs and Marysville. Smith was born and raised at Beale Air Force Base and lives in Elk Grove.