Police: NC man threatened to kill officer, bomb mobile home park

ZEBULON, N.C. (WTVD) — A Zebulon man is facing charges for allegedly threatening to detonate bombs in a local mobile home park and kill a police officer.

Dustin Lamont Bettis Jr., 30, is charged with two felony counts of filing a false bomb report and one count of communicating a threat against a police officer.

Zebulon police responded to an initial call of a bomb threat at Westside Mobile Home Park on Sunday. Bettis said he had placed bombs around the area but did not give a specific location.

Officers from Zebulon and the Wake County Sheriff’s Office checked the area but were unable to locate anyone or anything suspicious.

Police say Bettis then contacted police again on Monday around 10:16 p.m., saying he placed bombs inside the mobile home park and that he was hiding in the woods, planning to kill one of the responding officers.

Officers searched the area again but were unable to locate anyone suspicious.

Bettis was later identified as the person behind the threats.

The police department is holding a news conference at 4 p.m., where more details are expected to be released.