About 9:23 p.m., Whitley County E-911 notified police about the bomb threat.
“A preliminary investigation conducted by officers on scene, indicates that an unknown person, placed a call to an on-duty employee, stating a bomb had been planted inside the store,” the release stated.
Williamsburg police officers immediately responded to the scene and assisted Walmart employees and customers in evacuating the store.
Williamsburg firefighters also responded and helped secure the area.
“An explosives detection K-9 with the Kentucky State Police was called to the scene. The facility was thoroughly searched, and there was no indication of explosives detected within the store,” the release stated.
Courtesy of Corbin Police Department
For the second consecutive year, Walker has led his department and made 23 impaired driving arrests in 2020.
Walker recently received the 2020 Governor’s Award for Impaired Driving Enforcement for the second consecutive year.
“We are very proud of Patrolman Justin Walker for his hard work and dedication to his job at the police department. I would also like thank all of our officers for their continuing efforts on DUI enforcement to keep our streets safe. The Corbin Police Department had a total of 84 DUI arrests for 2020,” said Corbin Police Department Lt. Coy Wilson, who is the department’s public affairs officer.