Campus Emergency Phone, Coupled with Security Video, Nabs a Fake Bomb Caller

A Newberry, Florida man was charged with making a false bomb report, December 27, for reportedly saying a bomb was in the University of Florida Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, according to an arrest report. The 18-year-old man was charged with threatening to bomb and false report of a bomb, the report by the University of Florida Police Department stated. The man allegedly called police on an emergency telephone on the northeast side of the stadium and stated he placed a bomb in the stadium. Police found him in the area and images from a surveillance camera near the phone confirm he made the call, the report states. He is suspected of falsely reporting other crimes from emergency phones on campus. The report states that he admitted to those calls and will be charged at later date.