A Westfield woman has been arrested in connection with a hoax bomb threat at Boston Children's Hospital.
The FBI has arrested 37-year-old Catherine Leavy on one count of willfully making a false bomb threat, and she will face a detention hearing Friday in Boston federal court.
Leavy allegedly called Boston Children's on August 30th and reported that a bomb was on the way.
According to the charging documents; " On Aug. 30, 2022, Boston Children’s Hospital received a telephonic bomb threat, in which the caller allegedly said, “There is a bomb on the way to the hospital, you better evacuate everybody you sickos.” As a result of the call, the hospital and surrounding area was placed on lockdown status and a bomb squad was dispatched. An investigation determined no explosive devices were located at Boston Children’s Hospital. Law enforcement obtained subscriber and call detail records and location information for the phone number that called-in the bomb threat. Records obtained allegedly indicated the phone number was subscribed in Leavy’s name and that it pinged off a cell tower nearby Leavy’s residence at the time the bomb threat was made."
The hospital has been receiving threats and other angry messages since opening a program focused on gender-diverse and transgender adolescents.
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