Man threatens bomb at Raleigh police station, charged with hoax
Police found no bomb at Raleigh’s Northeast District Station, then charged Christopher Key-Torrion Carnes after he claimed a pipe bomb was in his vehicle.
Raleigh police found no explosive device at the Northeast District Station on Greens Dairy Road after a man told detectives a pipe bomb was in his vehicle parked in the lot. The morning response turned into a hoax case, and officers later charged 33-year-old Christopher Key-Torrion Carnes with two counts of perpetrating a hoax in or at a public building.
Officers first responded around 10:38 a.m. to a suspicious-person call in the 5200 block of Greens Dairy Road, just after 10:30 a.m., when the threat was reported at the Raleigh police northeast substation. During the encounter, Carnes allegedly told detectives that a pipe bomb was inside his vehicle. The Raleigh Police Hazardous Devices Unit then searched the car and found no hazardous devices and no suspicious items in or around it.
Police said the scene was secure and there was no ongoing threat to the community. They also said the threat did not pose danger to surrounding businesses, even as the response drew officers, detectives and the hazardous devices team to a police facility that sits within Raleigh’s district system on a road lined with neighborhoods and schools.
The incident briefly affected East Millbrook Middle School, which was described at one point as being on a yellow lockdown during the response. Wake County Public School System later said a lockdown did not take place, underscoring how quickly information can shift during an emergency near a school campus. The school system says it has emergency plans and works with local law enforcement during incidents.
Raleigh city information notes that Northeast District offices are not staffed 24 hours a day, a detail that helps explain why a threat at a substation can create immediate uncertainty for officers and residents nearby. Carnes was not given bond and was scheduled for a first appearance in Wake County court on Thursday afternoon. With no device found and a hoax charge filed, the case now centers on how Raleigh handles threats against police facilities when the danger turns out to be fabricated.
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