Mondovi Man Convicted Of Making Bomb Threats

An Eau Claire County jury has found a 23-year-old man from Mondovi guilty of making a series of bomb threats.  Dustin Hewitt is scheduled for sentencing in May.  He had been accused of sending a threatening e-mail to the state probation and parole office in Eau Claire in 2016.  Hewitt was also suspected of making bomb threats against the headquarters of GoDaddy-dot-com.  Some of his threats were made on Facebook.  Hewitt has a court appearance next week in Rusk County.  He is charged with making bomb threats  which forced the evacuation of the Rusk County courthouse and jail, and the Ladysmith Police Department.