SALINA –Law enforcement authorities in Salina are investigating a report of criminal threat at the hospital.

Police Captain Chris Trocheck said Stephen M. Pyle, 33, is alleged to have made threats to blow up Salina Regional Medical Center while receiving treatment in the emergency room on Saturday afternoon.

Hospital staff called police and Pyle was booked into the Saline County Jail on a requested charge of criminal threats.

He was being held on a $2500 bond.