Westminster Man Arrested for Bomb Threats at Oconee Courthouse

Investigators from the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office’s Criminal Investigations Bureau, working in partnership with agents from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division Fugitive Task Force Unit, arrested a Westminster man Wednesday on three outstanding warrants on charges of False Information about a Bomb Threat.

43 year old Jeffrey Adam Holbert of Act Valley Trail was taken into custody around 2:52pm at his address, and was also served an outstanding arrest warrant on a charge of Shoplifting from an incident that occurred at the Seneca Walmart back on August 1st.

Once on June 8th and twice on July 29th of this year, Investigators said that Holbert made calls to 911 regarding threats made to the Courthouse in Walhalla. In each incident, no suspicious devices were discovered and no injuries were reported.

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is continuing its investigation.

At this time, Holbert remains in custody at the jail pending a bond hearing.