Jun 03, 2024

Police: Kansas man accused of calling in bomb threat

Posted Jun 03, 2024 1:00 AM
Pratt photo El Dorado Police
Pratt photo El Dorado Police

BUTLER COUNTY—Law enforcement in Butler County are investigating a bomb threat.

On Saturday, police were dispatched to for a bomb threat that had been called into the YMCA, 300 N. Main Street in El Dorado. according to a social media report.

With the assistance of the El Dorado Fire Department and the Butler County Sheriff’s Department the business was evacuated and searched. No explosive devices were located.

During the investigation, it was determined that 67-year-old Ramon Jay Pratt, of El Dorado had called in the threat to the YMCA. Pratt was arrested for aggravated criminal threat and booked into the Butler County Detention Facility.