Mesquite woman charged again with making bomb threat
Desert Valley Times
A 63-year-old Mesquite woman was jailed Saturday night and charged with calling in a bomb threat for the second time in four months.
Wendy Stone was booked into Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas after being arrested and charged with one felony count of communicating a bomb threat and three gross misdemeanor counts of misuse of the 911 system, according to a news release from the Mesquite Police Department.
The arrest of Stone followed what Mesquite Police described as a "suspicious emergency call" to the Mesquite 911 Communications Center in which a woman, later identified as Stone, "had stated she left some items at city hall," according to the release.
"The caller then stated the items were left next to a large fuel tank and that officers better go see what she had left. The caller then stated "kaboom!" and hung up the phone," the release said. "Officers immediately contained the area around city hall and evacuated homes which were in the vicinity. Officers located some tables which were setup near the fire department and city hall which contained various personal belongings and hand written notes."
After a short investigation, Mesquite Police determined that the items left at city hall were not a bomb or a threat to the public, according to the release.
Law enforcement was able to link the 911 call to Stone's residence, where she was later taken into custody without incident.
"The same female had also made two other calls to the Mesquite 911 Communications Center the day before, hanging up the phone call without reporting any emergencies," according to the release.
In November 2015, Stone was arrested and charged with calling in a bomb threat to the 400 East campus of Dixie Regional Medical Center in St. George. A police investigation determined there was not a bomb.
In that incident, Stone allegedly made "statements of bombs going off, and you better 'get the (expletive) out of there, I've got a bomb I'll blow the place up,'" according to Fifth District Court records.
She also used the word "Jihad" in her statements, according to the affidavit.
Stone allegedly told the officers she called the hospital and made comments that she was unhappy with the doctors, but she denied making any bomb threats.
"It turned out to be what we think was more of a mental health issue," St. George Police Sgt. Sam Despain said at the time.
Late Saturday night, Mesquite Police Officer Quinn Averett said Stone "hasn't yet been taken for a mental evaluation."
"It's purely criminal at this point," he said.
Woman charged with hospital bomb threat