UPDATED: Snow removal workers threatened in Prince George's, official says

County drivers working to plow the roads in Prince George's County were accosted Thursday around 10 a.m. by several residents, who told them that if their streets didn't get plowed they were going to "throw them out of their trucks and beat them up," said Susan Hubbard, spokeswoman for the county's Department of Public Works and Transportation.

The incident happened in the southern part of the county, outside the Beltway, but Hubbard declined to name a specific neighborhood. She said police were notified and have responded to the area to make their presence known, though Hubbard did not believe any arrests were made. A call to county police officials for more information was not immediately returned.

"We had reports that three or four of the drivers in this one particular area," were threatened, Hubbard said. "It's ridiculous. ...Men and women are working as hard as they possibly can. ... I understand people are frustrated. ... It's not just here in Prince George's County, it is everywhere. ...Obviously we know we have work to do and we're trying to just as hard as we can. We want to go home. "

UPDATE: Prince George's County police did indeed respond to a call of a threatened plow truck driver this morning in the 5600 block of Devon Court in Camp Springs, a county police spokeswoman confirmed.

Lt. Tammy Sparkman said the driver called in the complaint to the county's command center, which in turn forwarded the message to police.

"When we got on the scene the snow truck driver wasn't there," Sparkman said. "We spoke to the alleged suspect, and he was upset because his street was not plowed at the time."

Another county official said earlier that several truck drivers were threatened, but police only received a call about one driver, Sparkman said.

Sparkman said the man did not admit to making threats, and there were no arrests or injuries. Police "stayed behind for a little while to make sure everything was OK," she said.

"Cabin fever," she added.