Tarver is charged with misdemeanor false report to induce an emergency response, felony tampering or fabricating physical evidence and felony deadly conduct. He remains in the Burnet County Jail and has not had a bond set.

A reported threat that led to a shooting incident at a Burnet County church is now being called a "false story."Monday afternoon, the Burnet County Sheriff said 45-year-old Jacob Wayne Tarver was arrested and charged with making a false report to induce an emergency response.

A member of a security team for a church in Texas has been arrested and charged with making a false report to police when he allegedly lied about a shooter threat to the congregation

A man in Texas has been arrested, accused of making a false report about a shooting near a Burnet County church on the morning of October 6. The Burnet County Sheriff's Office received a call from an individual requesting police presence outside the church,

Jacob Tarver was arrested for falsely reporting a shooting at a Burnet County church and misleading law enforcement.

The Burnet County Sheriff’s Office says on Oct. 6, at around 10:30 a.m., deputies were sent to the Church at the Epicenter in reference to a welfare check after an unknown 911 call.

On Oct. 6, deputies arrived to Church at the Epicenter in Burnet after getting a brief 911 call, according to the Burnet County Sheriff’s Office. Upon arrival, deputies said a safety member told them two “suspicious” men were outside the church, and one had shown a rifle.

A friend of the man accused of fabricating a story about armed suspects after firing shots near a Burnet County church is speaking out.

A shocking turn in the case of a Burnet County, Texas, church, where shots rang out on Sunday, has seen a member of the congregation's safety team arrested. The incident began after 45-year-old Jacob Wayne Tarver,