A woman was arrested after an explosive outburst at a Georgia Department of Driver Services office in Cobb County, according to a warrant.
"If I had a bomb,” the warrant alleges Polly Barfield said, “I'd blow this place up.”
Barfield, 53, told Channel 2 Action News her children were present and she had no intention of actually carrying out the threat. She was just frustrated with how long it was taking to get her paperwork done Tuesday at the department’s Kennesaw office.
Credit: WSB-TV
Credit: WSB-TV
But authorities told the news station the threat made in a state government building "placed those that heard it in fear for their safety.”
Barfield was charged with disorderly conduct, according to the warrant. She was released from the Cobb County Adult Detention Center after posting $4,000 bond.
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