Alexander Bradley, Bomb Threat, Connecticut 2021

State: Connecticut
Category: Violent Crime
Source: <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-ct/pr/rhode-island-man-arrested-allegedly-calling-bomb-threat-yale-new-haven-hospital" style="color:#cc0000;" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">DOJ Press Release ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Â Ã¢â‚¬â€

Alexander Bradley, a 42-year-old man from Cranston, Rhode Island, was arrested yesterday on a federal complaint charging him with threatening to bomb the Yale New Haven Hospital in Connecticut.

According to court documents, on May 9, 2021, Bradley called the Yale University Health Clinic and spoke to a nurse. He complained that he had been denied care at the hospital and stated that he was going to bomb the hospital. Approximately 30 minutes later, Bradley anonymously called the Yale New Haven Hospital and stated that he had placed a pressure cooker containing a bomb outside of the building.

The bomb threat disrupted hospital operations and required a significant response from the New Haven Police Department, Yale Police Department, and Yale New Haven Protective Service. Investigators from the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Joint Terrorism Task Force subsequently determined that the phone number used to make the threats was linked to Bradley.

The investigation revealed that less than three weeks after he made the bomb threat to Yale New Haven Hospital, he contacted a CVS pharmacy in Cranston, Rhode Island, and said that he was going to “shoot up” and “blow up” a hospital.

Bradley appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert A. Richardson in Hartford and was released on a $25,000 bond into the custody of a third-party custodian. As conditions of his release, Bradley is subject to location monitoring and must attend drug and mental health treatment.

The complaint charges Bradley with conveying false information about explosives, and false information and hoaxes. If convicted of the offenses, Bradley faces a maximum term of imprisonment of 15 years.

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