Bomb threat at Lake County courthouse

A bomb threat cleared the Lake County Courthouse in Lakeport this morning, but the subsequent search turned up nothing suspicious.

A call Lake County jail received a phone call at about 7:40 a.m. claiming that a bomb was set to detonate on the fourth floor of the Lake County Courthouse at 8:30 AMthis morning.

Central Dispatch was immediately notified and contacted the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, Lakeport Police Department, Lakeport Fire District and County of Lake Public Services department. Officers and staff of those agencies immediately responded and began a floor by floor search of the facility.

At approximately 7:45 AM employees of the State of California Courts and employees of the County of Lake, who share the Courthouse facility, were given notice to leave the building immediately. As other employees arrived to start the work week, they were directed to stage on the lawn of the Courthouse Museum Park.

Law enforcement gave the okay for employees to return to work at approximately 8:35 a.m.

This matter is currently under investigation.Anyone with information is asked to call the Lake County Sheriff’s Office at 707-263-2690.

“I sincerely appreciated the support the Sheriff’s Office received from the Lakeport Police Department, Lakeport Fire Protection District and the Lake County Public Services Department in conducting a search of the courthouse building and surrounding grounds, ” said Lake County Sheriff Brian Martin.