Barrow County can now close another chapter of some of its controversies from late last year.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said Tuesday it does not believe the voicemail left on the office phone of Barrow County Human Resources Director Norma Jean Brown in late October was a threat.

"Because of the timing that the call was received and the circumstances of the call, it was taken as a perceived threat, but after tracking the source of it, we do not feel it was a threat," Special Agent Jim Fullington said.

Brown discovered a voicemail message on her office phone Oct. 26 – around the same time she had brought allegations of racial and gender discrimination to the attention of the Board of Commissioners.

The message was left the Friday prior, when she was out of the office.

It sounds like a recorded TV advertisement for a law firm and states, "Your future may be in jeopardy. Your family’s well being may be at stake. It’s serious business. The wrong move could be very costly. That’s why you need an ex—."

The message ends abruptly, and is punctuated by a slurred "Hey" from the male voice of the caller, about halfway through the message.

Fullington said GBI found the source of the call and conducted an interview with the subject whom he did not identify.

"We feel comfortable with the answer that they gave us in reference to the phone call," he said.

The GBI believes the phone call was "in no way involved or connected with the other controversies involving Barrow County government and its employees," said Fullington.

He said he believes Brown and her family are not in danger in connection with the phone call.

The agency is still investigating an incident in which someone entered Brown’s locked office, but Fullington said he doesn’t believe the phone call and the break-in were related.