A young Hanceville man set to appear in court in June called in a bomb threat in an effort to thwart the criminal proceedings, authorities said today.

David Chase Warner, 21, was arrested by the Cullman County Sheriff's Office. Sheriff Matt Gentry said Warner was scheduled to be in court on June 8 on a failure to appear warrant. The original charge was unlawful possession of a controlled substance.

Instead, authorities say, made the bomb threat call from a business in Dodge City in an attempt to avoid going to court. Sheriff's investigators received a tip about Warner's involvement, and he later confessed, the sheriff said.

Warner is charged with making a terrorist threat. He is being held in the Cullman County Detention Center on a $17,000 bond.

"We take all bomb threat cases serious because in today's world you never know if it could be serious or not. I am glad we were able to arrest the suspect who was responsible," Gentry said. "I would also like to thank those who sent in the tips and also the investigators for their hard work on this case."