DERIDDER, La. (KPLC) - A Merryville man is accused of making a bomb threat to the Beauregard Parish Courthouse earlier this week.

William Roseberry Jr. was arrested by the Beauregard Parish Sheriff’s Office on the following counts:

Terrorizing; menacing

Communicating of false information of planned arson

Just before 1 p.m. Sept. 18, the Beauregard Parish Communications district received a call about a bomb in the courthouse, BPSO said. In response, first responders shut down businesses around the courthouse in downtown DeRidder and U.S. 171.

After a thorough search, no threat was found, BPSO said. Downtown businesses and highway traffic were reopened shortly after.

The sheriff’s office identified Roseberry as a suspect. According to jail records, he was booked into the parish jail

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