Following industrial threat probe, authorities cite Wymore woman

BEATRICE – Following an investigation into an alleged threat to an industrial company, Gage County Sheriff’s officers say they have ticketed a Wymore woman for alleged false reporting.

Authorities had been investigating an incident that occurred April 11^th at the Koch Fertilizer Plant and Homestead Terminal, along Southwest 89^th Road northwest of Beatrice. At the time, authorities were sent to investigate a report of a possible armed person, but the location was later determined to be the Nutrien Homestead Terminal.  Investigators determined there was no armed suspect or active shooter.

Sheriff’s officers were able to determine the person who had made the call to Koch because she had also contacted Southeast Communications Dispatch Center ten minutes before calling the company.   An investigator called the phone number of the reporting party, but the unidentified female declined to give her name.

Law officers investigating determined that 36-year-old Katherine Jueneman of Wymore had made calls to the communications center and Koch Fertilizer about an armed suspect.  On April 19^th, a sheriff’s deputy located Jueneman at her place of employment in Blue Springs and issued a criminal citation for false reporting.