
Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas (Google Maps).
Texas police are looking for a woman who allegedly called in a fake bomb threat to an airport, naming her ex-boyfriend as the one who wanted to “shoot up the place.”
In charging documents obtained by Law&Crime, the Harris County District Attorney’s Office said there was probable cause to arrest 25-year-old Trekalon Price for falsely reporting a bomb threat at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston. According to the document, a woman later identified as Price allegedly called the airport on Jan. 4 to report that her 38-year-old ex-boyfriend, who was flying into Houston and was planning to fly to Cedar Rapids Airport in Iowa later that day, was “going to bomb” both locations. She provided no other information aside from her ex-boyfriend’s name, physical description, and phone number.
When law enforcement contacted the purported suspect, they soon realized that he had no intentions to bomb any airports.
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According to the document, Price allegedly also called in a threat to Cedar Rapids Airport, telling them that her ex “had made statements about shooting at the Cedar Rapids Airport or using a bomb.” She also allegedly stated during the call that he was carrying a firearm in his bag. Once again, she had no additional information about how she received the supposed threat.
For both calls, she allegedly provided a fake phone number when asked for her contact information.
The threats were taken seriously, the document said, and the TSA deployed K-9 units and bomb technicians to sweep the Iowa airport.