Bomb threat came in over radios

By Kayleen Holder
Editor
A threat made over the airwaves caused quite a scene at Love’s Travel Stop this past Saturday, June 28. The threat was reported by an employee around 4:30 pm, and multiple agencies including two Bexar County bomb squads and over two dozen officers responded to the scene.
“A man got into their radio system there at Love’s and told the employee to get out of the building because there was a bomb, and he was going to blow it up,” Officer Rodgers said.
Chief Martin Chavez notes that call could have come from anywhere within a half-mile or maybe even a mile radius, from someone using a handheld radio on the same frequency.
When the bomb-sniffing dogs arrived they entered the building along with Officer Gary Rogers of Natalia PD.
To complicate matters, “There were some boxes and packages in the building that had been delivered that the staff couldn’t identify,” Officer Rogers said. “They didn’t see those boxes being…… LOGIN to continue reading at www.devinenewsmembers.com