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Jodi Arias verdict was followed by tweeted courthouse bomb threat, one arrested, report says

By Crimesider Staff

May 14, 2013 / 12:05 PM EDT / CBS News

U.S. Marshals and Maricopa County Sheriff's Deputies blocked the entrance to Maricopa County Superior Court as spectators waited for a verdict in the murder trial of Jodi Arias, Wednesday, May 8, 2013 in Phoenix. AP Photo/Matt York

(CBS) PHOENIX - One person has been arrested and another is in custody after a sweep at a Phoenix hotel Thursday morning in connection with a courthouse bomb threat tweeted after the Jodi Arias verdict was announced Wednesday afternoon, CBS Phoenix reports.

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Maricopa County sheriff's deputies detained a man and woman in their 20s at around 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Value Place Motel in Phoenix.

A sheriff's spokesman confirmed the man was arrested, according to KPHO.

A bomb squad reportedly found ammunition in their room, but no bomb making materials.

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio was expected to hold a news conference about the incident.

The bomb threat was reportedly found on a Twitter thread referencing IEDs, or improvised explosive devices, at Maricopa County Superior Court, where the Jodi Arias verdict was announced, and a "BooooooM" that would happen Thursday afternoon.

A jury on Wednesday found Jodi Arias guilty of first-degree murder in the June 2008 death of her lover, Travis Alexander.

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