FBI Identifies Carmike Bomb Threat Suspect

The man behind a bomb threat that put locations in Snellville and other parts of metro Atlanta on alert last Friday has been identified, the spokesman for the Columbus movie chain said in a one-sentence statement.

"The FBI has identified the person responsible for the bomb threats that occurred and believes he is no longer a threat," Terrell Mayton, a spokesman for the company said Thursday.

The statement did not mention if the suspect had been arrested. And, the FBI did not offer additional details beyond a short statement of its own. 

"While the FBI advances its criminal investigation into the threats directed at various Carmike Cinemas," the FBI said in the statement, "it does remain a pending investigation and no further details regarding this matter are available at this time."

The movie theater's corporate office last Thursday "received a non-specific telephoned bomb threat at our corporate offices in Columbus, Georgia after hours," Mayton said in an Aug. 17 news release.

Last Friday, police officers fanned out to Carmike locations in metro Atlanta and beyond. 

In nearby Snellville, police said everything turned out OK that day. "We checked everything out and everything is fine," said Det. Trey Downs.

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