COCOA (CBSMiami/AP) — A Florida lady accused of threatening to explode her son’s highschool except the cafeteria staff gave him extra meals for lunch has been arrested months after she allegedly made the menace.
The lady’s household, nonetheless, mentioned the police have the flawed particular person.
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The menace was left on February third in a voicemail to Cocoa High School, in response to police. Staff members on the faculty listened to the message the subsequent morning and contacted the Cocoa police.
The faculty was evacuated, however no weapons or explosive units have been discovered.
While the particular person didn’t go away their identify on the voicemail, police mentioned the varsity’s caller ID recorded the cellphone quantity.
On Wednesday, they arrested 41-year-old Anaya Smith and charged her with making a false bomb menace and disruption of a college.
”She’s been falsely accused based mostly on documentation that was tousled at Cocoa High School,” mentioned Smith’s sister Andrea Johnson.
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Johnson mentioned her sister was misidentified, however police say Smith’s cellphone quantity was the one recorded on the varsity’s caller ID and an officer acknowledged Smith’s voice from the voicemail.
”She doesn’t have that quantity. That’s not her quantity,” mentioned Johnson.
A useful resource officer reportedly confirmed that her youngster had gotten into an argument February 3 with a cafeteria employee as a result of he needed extra meals.
Smith’s household claims the coed named within the report will not be Smith’s son.
“Not her son, not her telephone, not her anything. It’s all going to be cleared up and we’re going to take care of her. But there are definitely some people who need to be held accountable because this is not the way that it’s supposed to go,” mentioned Johnson.
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