Suspect arrested after threat made against Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office

HOUSTON -- Deputies have arrested a suspect accused of making a threatening phone call against the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office.

The Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office dispatch received the call around 7:25am Thursday from an unknown subject threatening to kill "everybody in the police department," according to a statement from the sheriff's department.

Investigators immediately jumped on the case and traced the call to 53-year-old Gustavo Garcia. He was arrested hours later outside his home on Meadow Knoll and charged with terroristic threat, a third-degree felony.

Authorities say Garcia confessed to the crime and is currently being held in the Fort Bend County Jail with a $50,000 bond.

Investigators don't know if he planned to carry out the threat. He has no history that says he would have, but they weren't taking any chances.

"It is a dangerous climate for law enforcement right now and we take all threats seriously," Sheriff Troy Nehls said in a prepared statement.