For the third time in a two-week span, authorities swarmed a Las Cruces church on Friday morning, where a groundskeeper found a suspicious device hidden in a plastic sprinkler box.
The maintenance worker discovered the device about 9:30 a.m. on the grounds of First Presbyterian Church, 200 E. Boutz Road, according to the Las Cruces Police Department. The church is across the street from Las Cruces High School.
A 24-year-old man has been indicted on charges that he sent multiple bomb threat hoaxes to different businesses and government facilities in Central Florida.
Federal authorities believe David Wayne Willmott Jr., of Inverness, sent email threats on Nov. 25, April 17 and April 23. The targeted locations included the Crystal River Nuclear Power Plant, an elementary school, two courthouses, two airports and a sheriff’s office.
An official with the Charlottesville Albemarle Airport said operations have begun to return normal following this afternoon’s bomb threat.