ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — A St. Louis man was charged for an alleged terrorist threat against Mercy South Hospital after he called a nurse and made a bomb threat.
According to St. Louis County Police, Anthony Bauer, 48, called the nurse a little before 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday and told her, “There is a bomb in your building.” She went to hospital security, who called police.
When police arrived at the hospital, they did a canine search and went room to room. Parts of the hospital were evacuated so canines could search the area.
After four hours of searching, no bomb was found. Police located the phone number the call originated from, which came back to Bauer.
Police said during their interview with Bauer he made contradicting statements. During the interview, police never brought up or mentioned his call involving a bomb threat; however, Bauer brought it up himself when he said he did call a telemarketer, but he “never mentioned anything about a bomb.”
Bauer has been charged with making a second-degree terrorist threat and is held on a $100,000 cash-only bond with no 10%.