Atlanta Georgia Courthouse evacuated due to Bomb Threat

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The Fulton County Court complex in Atlanta, Georgia has re-opened after a late morning bomb threat on February 9, 2012 put the buildings on lockdown for an hour, Fulton County Superior Court spokesman Don Plummer said.

The lockdown, which lasted an hour, disrupted two high-profile trials.

Officers from more than 10 agencies searched the buildings after someone called 9-11 saying there was a bomb in the courthouse and that it would explode at 1 p.m., according to Lt. Col. Michael Wilson of the Fulton County Sheriff’s office.

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