Police said a worker at a Florida business sparked an evacuation of 300 employees when she called in a bomb threat because she "needed a break" from work.
Investigators said they responded to Metra Electronics in Holly Hill, Fla., around 4:30 a.m. Wednesday when human resources workers said they received a voicemail saying there was a bomb on the property, the Orlando Sentinel reported Friday.
Officers said the building was evacuated and searched by bomb-sniffing dogs while investigators traced the call to employee Letisha Vester, 33, who was among the workers evacuated.
Police said Vester told them she called in the bomb threat because she "needed a break" from work.
Vester was arrested on a charge of false report of a bomb. Deputies said they found she was also wanted on an out-of-county arrest warrant for felony larceny.
The suspect was taken to a Volusia County jail and held without bond. (UPI)
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일하기 싫어서…‘사무실에 폭탄 있어요!’
미국 플로리다에서 한 직원이 ‘쉬고 싶다’는 이유만으로 회사에 폭탄이 있다고 신고하는 사건이 발생했다고 UPI통신이 보도했다.
현지 경찰은 지난 달 30일(현지시간) 홀리 힐에 위치한 메트라 일렉트로닉 회사에 폭탄이 설치되어 있다는 제보를 받고 급히 출동했다.
경찰은 300명의 직원들이 모두 긴급대피시키고 폭탄감지견까지 동원해 샅샅이 건물을 수색했지만 끝내 폭탄을 찾지는 못했다. 이 모든 것이 레티샤 베스터 (33)라는 직원의 허위신고였기 때문.
경찰은 베스터를 즉시 체포했다. 한편 베스터는 허위신고의 이유에 대해 ‘휴식시간이 필요해서’였다고 설명한 것으로 알려졌다.
