WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Police arrested a man after he claimed to put a bomb in front of the Hanes Mall Food Court in Winston-Salem Thursday.
The Winston-Salem Police Department said the bomb threat was a hoax and there was no bomb at the mall.
Officers said they got a call around 2:32 p.m. about an alleged bomb threat on Hanes Mall Boulevard. When they arrived, they found out that 40-year-old Johnathan DeWayne Wise was the caller behind the threat.
That's when Wise said that the call to 9-1-1 was a hoax and there wasn't a bomb placed at the mall.
Officers and Hanes Mall security made a thorough search through the mall and nothing suspicious was found.
Members of the Winston-Salem Police Department Hazardous Devices Unit went to Wise’s address to investigate the fake bomb threat.
Wise was arrested and charged with misuse of 9-1-1 and making a false bomb report to a public building.
Anyone with any information regarding this investigation is asked to call the Winston-Salem Police Department at 336-773-7700.
