Dayton man accused of multiple bomb threats pleads guilty

Montgomery County Common Pleas Courtroom. JIM NOELKER/STAFF FILE

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Montgomery County Common Pleas Courtroom. JIM NOELKER/STAFF FILE

A Dayton man accused of making multiple bomb threats has pleaded guilty.

Paul Gaspure Chirco, 63, is scheduled to be sentenced this afternoon by Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Timothy O’Connell after he pleaded guilty Oct. 16 to seven counts of swatting, seven counts of inducing panic and seven counts of making false alarms, according to plea documents released today.

Chirco is accused of making multiple bomb threats to the RTA bus hub at 4 S. Main St., the Dayton Metro Library at 215 E. Third St. and the Biltmore Towers senior community at 210 N. Main St.

Paul Chirco

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The RTA hub was evacuated and temporarily closed due to the threats, according to an affidavit filed in Dayton Municipal Court.

Investigators found Chirco at Kettering Health Dayton, where multiple bomb threats were called from in the past few days, according to detectives.

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