Worker arrested in connection with bomb threats

CAMILLA - An Albany man accused of making two bomb threats that emptied a Camilla poultry plant made one of the calls because he was running late for work, police said. <br> <br> Authorities said the two 30-minute evacuations cost tens of thousands of dollars in lost productivity for the Equity Group processing plant as employees stood outside waiting for work to resume. <br> <br> Camilla Police Department investigator Vernon Nobles said the plant was evacuated twice Tuesday to allow searches for explosives. <br> <br> Police charged Cleveland Earl Roberts, 18, with two counts of transmitting a false public alarm. Each count carries a sentence of up to five years. <br> <br> The plant received the first threat at 3 a.m.; the second call was made at 10 a.m. <br> <br> Roberts admitted making one of the calls because he was late for work, Nobles said.

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