Magoffin man indicted for bomb threats

Christopher Lee Caldwell Christopher Lee Caldwell

SALYERSVILLE, Ky. — A man arrested for making bomb threats in Salyersville last year has now been indicted in the case.

Christopher Lee Caldwell
Christopher Lee Caldwell

Christopher Lee Caldwell, 33, was arrested back in October, after dispatchers said he called and told them he had placed bombs in the Magoffin County Library and Williams Electric. They said he also told them he had knocked out his uncle.

When deputies responded to the uncle’s house, they found Caldwell running, yelling and “talking out of his head” in the street outside. When a deputy asked him how much meth he had used, he allegedly replied, “Enough to kill the county.”

No bombs were found at the library or Williams Electric, and the uncle was found conscious and told deputies there had been no altercation between the two.

Caldwell was arrested and charged at the time with first-degree terroristic threatening, falsely reporting an incident, menacing, disorderly conduct and public intoxication. He was indicted on those same charges on Thursday.

The terroristic threatening charge is a felony, punishable by 5-to-10 years in prison.

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