Man From Peru Charged Over 150 Fake Bomb Calls to US Schools, Institutions

The fake threats were made after several minor girls allegedly refused to send sexual content to the accused.

A sign of the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington on March 28, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

A Peruvian national was charged with making fake bomb threats in American schools and other institutions, which led to massive community-wide disruptions.

Eddie Manuel Nunez Santos, aka Lucas, allegedly made the threats to more than 150 school districts, synagogues, airports, hospitals, and a shopping mall over a period of just a week between Sept. 15 and Sept. 21, 2023, according to a Thursday press release by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). “The threats spanned multiple states, including New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Arizona, and Alaska, and resulted in massive disruptions to the targeted communities, including evacuations of thousands of schoolchildren, a lockdown of a hospital, and flight delays.”