PAINESVILLE, Ohio — A Lake County man who admitted making false bomb threats against county offices in 2024 has been sentenced to 33 months in prison.

Kenneth L. Barton Jr. pleaded guilty in July to charges of making false alarms and attempted inducing panic, according to court records. Prosecutors agreed to dismiss two other counts at sentencing, which Judge Patrick J. Condon handed down Thursday in Lake County Common Pleas Court.

The case began Sept. 19, 2024, when then-Clerk of Courts Faith Andrews received an email claiming a bomb had been planted at the Lake County Adult Probation Department in downtown Painesville, the sheriff’s office said. The message said it would detonate within 25 minutes, prompting evacuations of the probation office and clerk’s office.

The next morning, Sep

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