Child Services Office Evacuated, Suspect Arrested After Threats
Child Services Office Evacuated, Suspect Arrested After Threats
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David Slone-dslone@timesuniononline.com
Child Services Office Evacuated, Suspect Arrested After ThreatsAt approximately 3:41 p.m. Tuesday, Warsaw Police Department responded to the Department of Child Services, located in the 2300 block of East Center Street, Warsaw, for threats made over the phone to a caseworker.
Employees said Anthony Geib, 34, of 3311 Oak Pointe Crossing, Warsaw, threatened to come to the office in a bulletproof vest and shoot everyone in the building.
Upon law enforcement arrival, an employee was engaged with Geib in a phone conversation, and Geib continued to make threatening comments, according to a news release from the WPD. The Department of Child Services office and the Welfare office were both evacuated.
WPD detectives later made contact with Geib over the phone, which led to him turning himself in to the police. Geib was booked into the Kosciusko County Jail at 10:38 p.m. Tueday on a charge of intimidation, a level 6 felony. There is no bond listed at this time due to a prosecutorial hold.
Warsaw police were assisted by the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office; Indiana State Police; Winona Lake, Silver Lake and Claypool police departments; and the Kosciusko County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.
