Employee arrested for making Regal bomb threat
Lawson
March 16, 2016
Charlea Estes
An employee was arrested on Wednesday night for allegedly making the bomb threat to the Regal-Beloit plant on March 1. Kim L. Lawson, 53, of Washburn, was booked into the Barry County Jail on Wednesday, March 9, at 9:17 p.m. and charges were filed March 10.
According to the affidavit of probable cause by Det. Robert Evenson, of the Barry County Sheriff’s Department, Lawson placed the 911 call from a deactivated cell phone. The emergency dispatcher at the E9-1-1 Center said the caller claimed that a bomb was going to go off at Fasco, the former name of Regal-Beloit, between 6 p.m. and midnight.
As a result of the call, two different bomb-detecting dogs were brought in from Springfield and Jasper County, as well as officers from the Barry County Sheriff’s Department, Missouri State Highway Patrol and Cassville Police Department as well as the Cassville Fire Department. The factory was cleared of having a bomb just after 6 p.m.
Regal ended up evacuating more than 10 employees after the threat was made and cancelled the evening shift of around 40 workers.
Barry County Sheriff Mick Epperly said that Lawson was identified by the 9-1-1 recording by detectives on the case. When asked about motive, he said, “All we know is that he’s missed some work the day before.” No other motive was revealed.
Lawson was charged with making a terroristic threat, a class C felony. Lawson posted a $15,000 cash-only bond on Monday, March 14. Lawson has a disposition hearing before Barry County Judge Robert Foulke on Thursday, March 24, at 8:30 a.m.
Charlea Estes
An employee was arrested on Wednesday night for allegedly making the bomb threat to the Regal-Beloit plant on March 1. Kim L. Lawson, 53, of Washburn, was booked into the Barry County Jail on Wednesday, March 9, at 9:17 p.m. and charges were filed March 10.
According to the affidavit of probable cause by Det. Robert Evenson, of the Barry County Sheriff’s Department, Lawson placed the 911 call from a deactivated cell phone. The emergency dispatcher at the E9-1-1 Center said the caller claimed that a bomb was going to go off at Fasco, the former name of Regal-Beloit, between 6 p.m. and midnight.
As a result of the call, two different bomb-detecting dogs were brought in from Springfield and Jasper County, as well as officers from the Barry County Sheriff’s Department, Missouri State Highway Patrol and Cassville Police Department as well as the Cassville Fire Department. The factory was cleared of having a bomb just after 6 p.m.
Regal ended up evacuating more than 10 employees after the threat was made and cancelled the evening shift of around 40 workers.
Barry County Sheriff Mick Epperly said that Lawson was identified by the 9-1-1 recording by detectives on the case. When asked about motive, he said, “All we know is that he’s missed some work the day before.” No other motive was revealed.
Lawson was charged with making a terroristic threat, a class C felony. Lawson posted a $15,000 cash-only bond on Monday, March 14. Lawson has a disposition hearing before Barry County Judge Robert Foulke on Thursday, March 24, at 8:30 a.m.
