Bomb threat clears lobby at the Snohomish County Jail

Published 1:30 am Wednesday, March 21, 2018

EVERETT — A bomb threat at the Snohomish County Jail led to an evacuation Wednesday.

An inmate sent in an anonymous note to jail staff claiming there was a bomb in a package in the lobby, sheriff’s spokeswoman Shari Ireton said. Only the lobby was cleared of people around 3:20 p.m.

Police shut down a block of Oakes Avenue in downtown Everett. Meanwhile, the courthouse and county offices remained open.

The bomb squad found no sign of explosives, and the lobby reopened within an hour.