A Man Made a False Bomb Threat . . . So He Wouldn't Miss a Flight to L.A.?
If this happened in a movie, you'd think it's too dumb to believe . . . but apparently, some people still think they can get away with it.
A 23-year-old man named John Robinson was late for his Spirit Airlines flight from Detroit to L.A. last Thursday morning, so he called in a BOMB THREAT.
The plane was still there . . . and they did have to remove all the passengers, interview them, and screen them again. The flight finally left six hours later.
John was arrested when he arrived at the airport later that day to take a different flight. It sounds like he wasn't going to be able to take the delayed flight anyway . . . so I guess the bomb threat was pointless?
The police say they easily traced the call back to John using phone records. And he later admitted to the FBI that he made the call "with the hope that it would delay the flight long enough for him to make it."
John was charged with maliciously giving false information about an explosive.