{"id":115797,"date":"2021-02-02T09:00:35","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T14:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=115797"},"modified":"2021-02-02T14:12:07","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T19:12:07","slug":"man-arrested-for-alleged-bomb-threats-in-pittsburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-arrested-for-alleged-bomb-threats-in-pittsburgh\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested for alleged bomb threats in Pittsburgh"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fman-arrested-for-alleged-bomb-threats-in-pittsburgh%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=115797&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/pit-300x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 15px 15px 0\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2364621\" style=\"width: 634px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2364621\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2364621 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/pit-624x437.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"437\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2364621\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">60-year-old Albert Morris Jr. is pictured. (Photo released by Allegheny County Jail)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>\nUPDATED 11:02 AM PT \u2013 Tuesday, February 2, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>A Pittsburgh, <span data-ved=\"2ahUKEwiV6ue_7svuAhWQGTQIHXiZCf4Q2kooATAtegQIbBAC\">Pennsylvania<\/span> man is facing charges for allegedly threatening to blow up a federal building.<\/p>\n<p>Police say 60-year-old Albert Morris Jr. allegedly called 9-1-1 Monday and told a dispatcher a bomb would go off in the William S. Moorhead Building in the city&#8217;s downtown.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities evacuated the building and used bomb-sniffing dogs to ensure there were no explosives in the facility.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pittsburgh Police have the federal building surrounded in downtown Pittsburgh. We know that someone called in a bomb threat. Bomb-sniffing dogs are on the scene, and at last check, no one has been hurt. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yYX6nPaixr\">pic.twitter.com\/yYX6nPaixr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ryan Houston WPXI (@WPXIRyanHouston) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXIRyanHouston\/status\/1356385357303062528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Police later traced the call to a home in Pittsburgh and eventually arrested Morris, who admitted he made the threat because the government owed him money.<\/p>\n<p>Workers who were evacuated, including David Richard, said they were shocked over the incident.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Little alarmed, little nervous, that&#8217;s about it though,&#8221; he stated. &#8220;As long as I got out and got to my safety and my co-workers got to their safety, that&#8217;s all I really care about.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Authorities did not find any explosives in Morris&#8217; home. He&#8217;s being charged with making terroristic threats and threatening to use a weapon of mass destruction.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/axe-wielding-antifa-group-occupy-hotel-in-olympia-wash\/\"> Axe-wielding Antifa group occupy hotel in Olympia, Wash.<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>60-year-old Albert Morris Jr. is pictured. 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