The Panasonic

manufacturing facility in Peachtree City was evacuated Monday morning

due to a bomb threat.

According to

police, several notes were left in the building saying, "This is

a bomb threat. Take it as a joke if you want to." Some of the notes

were found in employee mailboxes, and a partial copy of the note was found

in a copy machine at the facility, said Maj. Mike DuPree of the Peachtree

City Police Department.

Officers were

sent to the scene at 10:20 a.m. Monday, DuPree said.

The company

sent its work force home while police officers searched the building;

nothing was found during the search, DuPree said.

Police are

still investigating the incident and following leads on possible suspects,

DuPree said.

A Panasonic

spokesperson declined to comment on the incident, saying the company didn't

want to encourage similar situations in the future.