300 Employees Evacuated Following Bomb Threat At Business

CARROLLWOOD, FL — The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office is investigating a bomb threat that was called into a business Friday afternoon and led to more than 300 employees being evacuated.

Around 1:15 p.m., deputies responded to Computer Generated Solutions at 4508 Woodland Corporate Blvd., Tampa, after an anonymous caller stated, "You have four minutes and 29 seconds to get out of the building or it blows up."

Deputies evacuated about 300 employees from the building and secured the area.

No bomb was found during a search of the building and immediate area. Deputies are following up on leads trying to determine who called in the threat.

"We are relieved that this threat was not credible, and I am proud of the quick response and thorough search performed by my deputies," said Sheriff Chad Chronister. "Not only are threats like this a huge disruption to business, they also cause unnecessary fear and panic for innocent people involved. I can't say it enough, making a fake threat is not a joke and anyone caught doing it will be punished to the fullest extent of the law."

This is the second bomb threat the sheriff's office has investigated in the past week.

On Nov. 3 at about 1:30 p.m., Willie Littlefield, 55, contacted 911 and stated that he planted an explosive device in the back of a vehicle at the Fellowship Baptist Church at 13515 U.S. 301 in Thonotosassa. Dispatch traced the cell phone number to Littlefield, and deputies responded to both his home and the church.

Deputies located the vehicle parked at the church and found several closed boxes inside. Everyone inside the church was evacuated.

When they opened the boxes, members of the bomb squad found only car parts.

Hillsborough Sheriff

Willie Littlefield was arrested Nov. 3 after being accused of calling in a bomb threat at a church.

Littlefield admitted to making a false bomb threat and was charged with making a false bomb threat and misusing 911.

Anyone with information on this latest bomb threat is asked to call the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office at 813-247-8200 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-873-TIPS (8477).