Daily Journal file photo Hamlet police say a man claimed there were pipe bombs on all three floors of Sandhills Regional Medical Center early Wednesday. No bombs were found and the man was arrested, while already in jail.

HAMLET — A man in jail on an impaired-driving charge is accused of making a fake bomb threat.

Police responded to Sandhills Regional Medical Center early Wednesday after receiving a call from emergency communications about a man who claimed that there were three pipe bombs on each floor of the hospital, according to Detective Lt. Heather Wyatt.

After responding, Wyatt said police requested the assistance of a bomb-detecting dog from the Fayetteville Police Department. The K-9 officer and Hamlet officers cleared the building, finding no bombs.

Following an investigation, police charged 35-year-old William Curtis Moore with making a false bomb threat as to a public building, a Class H felony.

Moore, of Palisade Circle in Rockingham, was already in jail on charges of driving while impaired, driving while license revoked and resisting a public officer.

Online court records show Moore already has a pending misdemeanor charge of assault on a female.

According to the N.C. Department of Public Safety Division of Adult Correction, Moore has an extensive criminal record from the Triad area dating back 12 years.

From 2003-07, Moore was convicted of several misdemeanors — financial card fraud, failing to return rented property, three counts of violation of a protective order, assault with a deadly weapon, carrying a concealed weapon, unauthorized use of motor conveyance, and communicating threats — in Forsyth County.

In 2007, he was also convicted on a misdemeanor larceny charge and a felony charge of possession of a counterfeit controlled substance.

Later that year, he spent two months behind bars following an assault and battery conviction in Guilford County.

Moore’s most recent conviction was in 2009 on a Forsyth County felony — larceny of a motor vehicle — where he served just over nine months in prison.

Reach reporter William R. Toler at 910-817-2675 and follow him on Twitter @William_r_Toler.