ALABASTER, Ala. ( WBRC ) - A man has been charged with making a first-degree terrorist threat after he allegedly threatened the Alabaster Police Department.

According to court documents, Joshua Battles called the Alabaster Police Department on Thursday, Aug. 14.

Court Documents say that while on the call, Battles told a dispatcher that he would kill them, and then the chief. Battles then continued, saying that he would kill everyone.

Battles was arrested the same day and booked in the Shelby County Jail on a $15,000 bond. He bonded out on Friday, Aug. 15.

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