Ogden courthouse resumes operations after bomb threat that caused evacuation found not credible
(Photo courtesy of Ogden City Police Department) Members of law enforcement agencies and K9 officers secure Ogden's 2nd District courthouse during a bomb threat on Thursday, April 5, 2018.
Ogden’s 2nd District courthouse resumed operations Thursday after a morning bomb threat prompted evacuations.
The threat was called into the Weber County Sheriff’s Office, which evacuated the courthouse by 9:37 a.m., according to tweets from court officials.
But by noon, following a law enforcement sweep of the building, the threat was deemed not credible.
Grant Avenue in Ogden was temporarily closed from 25th Street to 26th Street during the search, police said.
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