Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, August 31, 1995                   TAG: 9508310098
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C4   EDITION: METRO 
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POLICE: BOMB THREATS WERE REVENGE FOR ARREST

Police said the man made the calls in retaliation for his brother's arrest at the store on charges of biting an employee.

William Norris Hampton, 36, was arrested without incident at a residence where he had been staying in the Sandy Level area of the county, said Sgt. Kimmy Nester of the Henry County Sheriff's Office.

On Tuesday, a man made two threatening phone calls and two bomb-threat calls to the Lowe's on U.S. 220 near Ridgeway, Nester said. The store was evacuated for two hours while sheriff's deputies and Ridgeway fire and rescue workers searched it. No bomb was found.

Based on remarks the caller made, investigators linked him with a suspected shoplifting attempt at the store in July, Nester said.

On July 9, Carl James Hampton was arrested on charges of malicious wounding and petty larceny. Nester said Hampton bit Kenneth W. Quigg on the arm when Quigg tried to stop him from taking a wooden door.

After linking the two incidents, deputies located William Hampton and charged him with two misdemeanor counts of making a threatening phone call and two felony counts of making a bomb threat. He was being in held without bond in the Henry County Jail.

Carl Hampton remains in jail.