Bomb threat clears call center

Marianna police were summoned to the local Social Security office Wednesday to run a safety check following a local woman’s angry phone call to a call center for the federal Social Security Administration. According to Marianna Police Chief Hayes Baggett, a 41-year-old Greenwood woman told the person answering the call center phone that she would “just come up there and blow up the building” on learning that her request for Social Security benefits had been denied.
Unnamed because she is not currently charged with any crime, the woman had spoken with staff at a call center in Albuquerque, N.M. That call center notified Social Security’s central office, and the local office was then contacted by the federal agency.  The Marianna Police Department was then notified, and police checked out the local building for signs of trouble.
Baggett said there was no immediate evidence that the woman intended to follow up on the threat. However, the FBI has taken over the investigation and will take any further action if warranted.