Woman with history of making threats arrested in Utah again

NEPHI — A 53-year-old woman who police say has a history of making threats and harassing government employees in Utah and Nevada has been arrested again. She's now accused of harassing Nephi city employees, including by claiming she is a federal agent.

Bobbie Joe Sorensen was booked into the Juab County Jail on Tuesday for investigation of impersonating an officer and electronic communication harassment.

On Tuesday, Nephi police were called to Nephi City Hall "where an employee working in the treasury department was receiving multiple phone calls harassing the employees," according to a police booking affidavit.

For about 30 minutes on Tuesday, Sorensen called 17 times, the employee told police.

"The employee shared with us the recorded calls from Ms. Sorensen where she could be heard stating that she was a federal agent with the state of Nevada. Throughout the multiple phone calls Ms. Sorensen is heard demanding money be refunded to her and that everyone in the building and the county have been placed under arrest following a federal investigation," the affidavit states.

While police were talking to the employee, Sorensen continued to receive additional calls from Sorensen, officers noted in their report. Police then went to Sorensen's residence and placed her under arrest.

This isn't the first time police have dealt with Sorensen.

In 2023, she made a bomb threat at Central Valley Medical Center in Nephi, forcing the hospital to go into lockdown. She was convicted in that case in 4th Distinct Court of making a false alarm with a weapon of mass destruction, which was amended to a third-degree felony.

In 2024, Sorensen, who travels back and forth between Utah and Elko, Nevada, "was calling and making the same threats toward victims while residing in Nevada. In 2025, cases in Nephi and Spanish Fork, Ms. Sorensen acted the same toward victims resulting in charges for electronic communication harassment and abuse of the 911 system," the police affidavit states.

Several of her misdemeanor cases were dismissed after it was believed she had returned to Nevada, according to court records records. However, a warrant remained outstanding Tuesday for her arrest in 4th District Court on charges of emergency reporting abuse and electronic communication harassment. In that case, Sorensen is accused in Spanish Fork in 2025 of "reporting emergencies that did not exist and requesting response to events that had not occurred," charging documents state.

"This year alone, Ms. Sorensen entered a city office building in Springville threatening violence toward staff resulting in her removal and criminal charges. In addition to the Springville incident, Ms. Sorensen called and harassed a dispatch center out of Nevada in a similar manner forcing them to contact Nephi police for a welfare check approximately 10 days ago," officers wrote in their affidavit. "With this being a repeated issue with Ms. Sorensen, I am requesting either a no bail warrant or an increased bail. Ms. Sorensen's behavior continually puts a strain on public resources."

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