OTTUMWA MAN ACCUSED OF MAKING THREATS

Ottumwa man accused of making threats

A man is in custody in Ottumwa for allegedly threatening to set fire to the Ottumwa Regional Health Center and also for allegedly making a bomb threat at a local motel.  Wapello County law enforcement says 63-year-old James Galbo, with no permanent address, threatened Friday night (3/27) to place an incendiary substance and set it on fire” inside the Ottumwa Regional Health Center lobby.  Galbo was arrested and charged that night.  Then around 6:15 Saturday morning (3/28), while Galbo was in the Wapello County Jail, he allegedly called 911, saying there was a bomb threat at a local motel.  The criminal complaint says that was a fake report and that Galbo knew that.  Galbo is being held in the Wapello County Jail on $10,000 cash only bond.

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