Florida woman threatens to bomb hungry son's school
A view of palm trees and lawn, with police cars in the foreground, at the seaside on Ocean Drive in Miami Beach, Florida, U.S., March 24, 2022. (AFP File Photo)


In what could be thought of as being rather Dickensian, a Florida woman was arrested several months after allegedly threatening to blow up her son's high school because cafeteria workers were not giving her son enough food, police said.

The threat was left Feb. 3 in a voicemail to Cocoa High School on Florida's Atlantic Coast, according to police and court records. The 41-year-old woman was arrested Wednesday and charged with making a false bomb threat and disruption of a school.

She did not leave her name on the voicemail, but the school's caller ID recorded the number, an arrest report said.

Staff members at the school listened to the message the next morning and contacted Cocoa police.

The school was evacuated, but no weapons or explosive devices were found.

Investigators located the woman's phone number in school records and a resource officer confirmed that her child had gotten into an argument on Feb. 3 with a cafeteria worker because he wanted more food.

The state attorney's office filed paperwork ordering the woman's arrest on April 7. Officials arrested her Wednesday.