A Gainesville man was arrested Friday in connection with a false bomb threat posted to the Alachua County Sheriff's Office Web site.
At 7:34 p.m. on Thursday, Joshua Cheek, 18, typed that there were explosives in the Alachua County Civil, Criminal and Federal Courthouses, an ACSO news release stated.
The three courthouses were searched but nothing was found, according to the release.
On Friday morning, a man noticed Cheek typing another bomb threat on an Alachua County Library computer. The library staff called 911 and locked the computer terminal so they could gather information about the threat, the report stated.
Detective Thom Kinsey identified Cheek when he walked out of the library based on library employees' descriptions. Cheek immediately told Kinsey that he did not mean to make the threats and also admitted to posting a threat Thursday night.
Cheek was charged with making a false report of planting an explosive device.
This is not the first time Cheek made a bomb threat, according to the report.
