ORLANDO, Fla. — A man threatened to blow up the Orlando Police Department and other locations, vaguely blaming the coronavirus for his reasons, according to investigators in a police report.
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- No bombs were found, according to Orlando Police investigators
"Just know, that coronavirus, y'all want to put people out of work ... yeah ... I'm gonna put some people out of work," 28-year-old Justin Black allegedly said to 911 dispatchers Tuesday evening, according to an Orlando Police Department case report. The police department is located on West South Street.
At about 7:12 p.m., the department was notified of a 911 call in which a man says he has four bombs that he was going to use to blow up the police headquarters building, a 7-Eleven, and a car wash nearby, investigators wrote in the report.
After the man hung up, the Orlando Police traced the call to near a U.S. Post Office at 440 South Orange Blossom Trail. An Orlando police officer near there spotted Black, who police say was placing a second call on a cell phone, where he said he was going to detonate the bombs, the police report states.
Police determined that Black was the caller. No bombs were found, according to the report.
Black was charged with two counts of making a false report of a bombing and one count of an unlawful use of a two-way communication device.
Spectrum News reached out to Black’s court-appointed attorney for comment. He has not yet gotten back.
Justin Black is accused of making bomb threats to the Orlando Police Department. (Orlando Police Department)
