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Alabama Man Charged After Reporting His Own Bomb Threat At Georgia Shopping Center, Police Say

<p>An Alabama man was arrested on Saturday after police say he reported a bomb in his own truck&period; According to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;newsbreak&period;com&sol;marietta-ga&sol;2940008766135-man-charged-after-reporting-his-own-bomb-threat-marietta-police-say" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Marietta Daily Journal<&sol;a>&comma; the man and his truck was located at a Marietta Shopping Center&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1630265372115980289" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Authorities Say The Man Placed The 911 Call On Himself<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>According to the outlet&comma; 37-year-old Robert Delvin is believed to have placed the 911 call that led police to the East Gate Shopping Plaza in Marietta&comma; Georgia&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Police say they received the report around 8 a&period;m&period; on Saturday morning and found Delvin at the scene&period; Officer Chuck McPhilamy explained that authorities &&num;8220&semi;immediately began evacuating the area&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>Based on the circumstances and statements made by Devlin&comma; officers determined the threat to be credible and immediately began evacuating the area&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Delvin was arrested and around noon members of the Cobb County Police Department&&num;8217&semi;s bomb squad&comma; Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms &lpar;ATF&rpar;&comma; and FBI&comma; discovered a &&num;8220&semi;device that resembled a pipe bomb from Devlin&&num;8217&semi;s truck&comma;&&num;8221&semi; as reported by the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;newsbreak&period;com&sol;marietta-ga&sol;2940008766135-man-charged-after-reporting-his-own-bomb-threat-marietta-police-say" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Marietta Daily Journal<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Delvin&&num;8217&semi;s Device Was Found To Be Inoperable<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>After hours of investigation&comma; police determined Delvin&&num;8217&semi;s device to indeed contain explosives&period; However&comma; it lacked the mechanism necessary &&num;8220&semi;to be considered a fully assembled explosive device&comma;&&num;8221&semi; as reported by the outlet&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1630312491413561345" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Police reopened the shopping center around 3 p&period;m&period; later that day&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">The Investigation Into The Bomb Threat Reportedly Remains Open<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>According to the outlet&comma; Delvin has been charged with &&num;8220&semi;misdemeanor counts of making a false report and possessing a hoax explosive device&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Additionally&comma; he has been charged with &&num;8220&semi;making a false public alarm&comma;&&num;8221&semi; which amounts to a felony&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Furthermore&comma; Devlin is reportedly being held at the Cobb County jail and his bond is &dollar;60&comma;000&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; despite the Alabama man being charged and held in jail&comma; authorities are still keeping the investigation open&period; Officer McPhilamy shared a brief explanation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>The investigation remains open&comma; and it is unclear why he traveled to Marietta&comma; or called 911 on himself&period; Anyone with information is urged to contact MPD Detective Bollinger at 770-794-5345&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Roommates&comma; what do you think about this&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"113566" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;alabama-man-after-reporting-his-own-bomb-at-georgia-shopping-center-say&sol;" data-secure&equals;"6042cd2d6f"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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