A Missouri teenager called in a hoax bomb threat into his job Tuesday so he and his coworkers could enjoy an early night off work.
A Missouri teenager called a hoax bomb threat into a Ford assembly plant on Tuesday with the hope that he and his coworkers could enjoy an early night off from work, according to prosecutors.
Peterson allegedly called the factory’s security team just before 5:30 p.m. with a fake warning that he was hiding inside a bathroom with “an AK-47 rifle, with three magazinesPeterson — who used a phone app to disguise his voice — did not identify himself but claimed he was an employee who would start firing if his 2,200 colleagues were not immediately evacuated.
It took six hours for more than 100 officers from numerous law enforcement agencies — including the FBI — to completely search the Ford factory, according to Clay County Sherrif Will Akin.
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