Crime & Safety
Del Ray Man Arrested for Staging Bomb Threat at Fairfax Courthouse
Joe Edwin Honesty, 72, is being held without bond.
A Del Ray man was arrested Wednesday for staging a bomb threat at the Fairfax County Courthouse, police said.
Fairfax police responded to a reported bomb threat around 7:30 a.m. Wednesday morning.
Officers, detectives and deputies developed information that led to the identification and arrest of Joe Edwin Honesty inside the courthouse, according to a press release.
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Authorities believe an explosive device never existed in the case.
Honesty, who lives in the 400 block of Clifford Avenue according to Fairfax County police, had a scheduled hearing Wednesday for charges of driving with a suspended or revoked license.
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Honestly, 72, was charged with making a bomb threat and is held on no bond in the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center, which is located next door to the courthouse.
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