Florida man arrested after making bomb threat against himself: police

Rachel Tucker
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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A Florida man was arrested last month after admitting he sent a bomb threat to himself to get “revenge” on someone, according to a criminal complaint obtained by NBC affiliate WBBH.

Kyle McHenry, 20, told police he received the following emails:

  • “There’s a bomb on your grandpa’s property.”

  • “I’m going to break in your house and shoot u in the [expletive] head.”

  • “I’m going to kill you. Watch me.”

He called Fort Myers police on Feb. 22 to ask why they hadn’t arrested the person he accused of sending the threats. McHenry admitted to sending the emails after detective told him that filing a false police report is a crime, the report stated.

Police asked McHenry if he sent the email to himself, to which McHenry replied that he did, according to the arrest report. He said he posed as another person and sent an email to himself in order to get “revenge” on them.

McHenry was charged with making false reports to police, fraud and misuse of false evidence. He told detectives he “made a mistake.”

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