Deputies: No known safety reasons for Patmos Library’s early closure - WOODTV.com

JAMESTOWN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — The beleaguered Patmos Library adjacent Hudsonville, facing a imaginable shutdown implicit LGBTQ books connected its shelves, closed aboriginal Monday citing information concerns.

But connected Tuesday, adjacent the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Department said it wasn’t alert of immoderate dangers oregon ongoing threats.

“No progressive menace there, nary imminent threat, nary information to the community, thing similar that,” Capt. Jacob Sparks told Target 8.

Sparks said connected Dec. 8, a room person called the sheriff’s section astir what was believed to beryllium a suspicious societal media post.

“It was regarding clip to unopen down the room by force,” Sparks said.

The sheriff’s section wouldn’t place the author, but Bridge Magazine reported it came from Republican 11th Congressional District Chair Shane Trejo, who goes by Sean Trujillo connected Facebook.

“Time to unopen down the room by force,” helium wrote. “And past possibly complaint the radical penning these checks arsenic accessories for kid abuse.”

In an speech with Target 8 implicit Facebook messenger, Trejo refused to beryllium interviewed, but said helium wanted to clarify his post.

“This indispensable beryllium unopen down done the unit of instrumentality immediately,” helium wrote.

The room made nationalist headlines erstwhile it announced it would beryllium forced to adjacent aft voters archetypal rejected a millage petition during the August superior predetermination implicit LGBTQ books connected its shelves. Voters rejected it again successful November. The room has said it volition tally retired of backing by September 2024, though a caller $100,000 donation mightiness alteration that.

On Friday, a time aft the suspicious societal media post, the sheriff’s section spoke with room leaders.

“They had immoderate clarification and they weren’t threatened by this station and realized it was referring to being unopen down by the state, not immoderate benignant of forceful shutdown oregon takeover oregon thing similar that,” Sparks said.

Which begs the question: Why unopen down early? In its Facebook post announcing the closure, the room didn’t supply details.

“There’s been thing since past Thursday, thing caller adjacent since past Friday that would pb anybody to beryllium successful information astir anything,” Sparks said. “I’m not definite precisely wherefore that happened.”

“That was nary absorption that came from the sheriff’s office,” helium added. “It would beryllium amended directed to room unit arsenic to wherefore they closed early.”

Librarians and a subordinate of the room committee referred Target 8 to Library Board President Larry Walton. He did not instrumentality repeated messages Tuesday.