Crime & Safety
McDonald's Bomb Threat Was False Alarm: Deputies
The Forsyth County Sheriff's Office was able to determine the threat was not credible following a thorough investigation.

Credit: Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office/Facebook
Forsyth County sheriff’s deputies have officially declared a Cumming McDonalds safe after a bomb threat was called into the premises Tuesday night.
Deputies were dispatched to the fast food restaurant at Post and Drew Campground roads just before 6 p.m. in reference to the threat. The sheriff’s department reported on Facebook that it was evacuating the restaurant out of an abundance of caution, but added that it did not believe the threat was credible.
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Explosive Detection K9 Edd did not pick up the scent of any explosives, and the scene was cleared by 7:10 p.m., deputies said on Facebook.
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