Davis-Besse Nuclear Terror Threat A Hoax
June 13, 2007
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The Port Clinton Police Department now says a threat against the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station near Oak Harbor is a hoax. Investigators had been working on the case since Sunday, but the case broke open on Wednesday.
According to a news release from the Port Clinton Police Department, an employee at McCarthy’s Restaurant in Port Clinton reported the threat on Sunday, saying two ”arab-looking” men were talking about the plant, and wrote the word “boom” on a napkin. The Port Clinton Police called in the Ottawa County Sheriff, the FBI, the Border Patrol, and the Coast Guard.
Extra patrols were set up around the plant, off Route 2 in Oak Harbor.
Investigators say when they looked further, they learned that the napkin was found Saturday, a day before it was reported to police. Police interviewed a number of people, and say restaurant employee Katelyn McRitchie wrote other words on the napkin to make it look like a threat toward the power plant.
Police say McRitchie confessed to fabricating the story. She could face charges of inducing panic or falsification after the county prosecutor reviews the case.
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Huh, I was right in Port Clinton around Saturday and Sunday. I’ve wondered about that plant being a target before. Its sitting on top of a big lake of fresh water. That could make life a little difficult for people if something were to happen to it.