Whitey Ford
05-21-2024, 11:25 AM
Augusta man pleads guilty to federal charge for bomb scare at Social Security office
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A Richmond County man entered a guilty plea to a federal charge related to a bomb threat targeting the Social Security Administration’s Augusta office.
38-year-old Keyon Tishaye Dickens of Augusta, pled guilty to Using a Telephone to Make a Threat to Injure a Person or Damage a Building by Explosives.
As described in the plea agreement, Dickens received a notice in September 2023 that the Social Security Administration intended to recoup over-payments to his Supplemental Security Income from future SSI checks.
He called the Social Security Administration office in Augusta to complain and stated, “I’m going to shoot the office up and I’m going to blow it up. I haven’t decided yet what I’m going to do.”
Dickens later visited the office carrying a backpack and showed a note that read “I have a bomb” to a security officer. The officer notified the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office, and the building was locked down and evacuated.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/augusta-man-pleads-guilty-federal-142936630.html
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A Richmond County man entered a guilty plea to a federal charge related to a bomb threat targeting the Social Security Administration’s Augusta office.
38-year-old Keyon Tishaye Dickens of Augusta, pled guilty to Using a Telephone to Make a Threat to Injure a Person or Damage a Building by Explosives.
As described in the plea agreement, Dickens received a notice in September 2023 that the Social Security Administration intended to recoup over-payments to his Supplemental Security Income from future SSI checks.
He called the Social Security Administration office in Augusta to complain and stated, “I’m going to shoot the office up and I’m going to blow it up. I haven’t decided yet what I’m going to do.”
Dickens later visited the office carrying a backpack and showed a note that read “I have a bomb” to a security officer. The officer notified the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office, and the building was locked down and evacuated.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/augusta-man-pleads-guilty-federal-142936630.html