Bomb threat came from Jamaica

An unknown caller from Kingston, Jamaica, turned Ritzville’s busy freeway business district on its ear Monday when the caller threatened to blow up the Ritzville Starbucks store.

Police Chief David McCormick said Starbucks Manager Eva Ross took a phone call about 10:48 a.m. on Labor Day. The caller first asked if this was Ritzville. They then wanted to know if it was Ritzville, Wash. When Ross answered in the affirmative, they told her, “There’s a bomb in the building and everyone is going to die.”

McCormick said Ross hung up on the caller, who then immediately called back and repeated the thr...