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Connecticut courthouses evacuated after threat
(CNN) -- Several courthouses in Connecticut were shut down and evacuated Friday after authorities received threats directed toward state and county courthouses and "state facilities," the state police said. "At approximately 9:30 a.m. a bomb threat was received with a non-specific threat against a state judicial courthouse. Shortly thereafter, additional threats were made against judicial courthouses and state facilities," the state police said in a written statement. An FBI spokeswoman said the agency was one of several to respond. "We are gathering intelligence in a manner that will ensure the safety of all residents of the state," spokeswoman Lisa Bull said. The threat was called in to a phone line posted on the governor's Web site, said Judd Everhart, a spokesman for Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell. "From what we know, it was a bomb threat made to several courthouses," Wayne Sandford, deputy commissioner of state's Division of Homeland Security, told CNN. He said sweeps of several courthouses were under way but would not name specific facilities or cities. CNN's Tom Ziegler and Caleb Silver contributed to this report. 
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