PANAMA CITY — A woman reported a man with whom she’d been hanging out recently made remarks on Tuesday threatening to tie up her family and “kill you with a brown recluse.” She stated he has multiple personalities and was recently released from prison, according to a report. When she called police, she said he might be armed and she thought he was in a vehicle parked in her driveway.

Police found no vehicles in the drive when they arrived. They also searched the backyard at the woman’s request. The woman’s home was placed on extra patrol during nighttime hours for suspicious persons and vehicles. An attempt to contact the man she said had made the threats was not successful, the report said.