Michigan teen sentenced to prison for making fake bomb threat to cruise ship
- Joshua Lowe, a 19-year-old from Michigan, received an eight-month prison sentence on Monday, April 14, for a fake bomb threat.
- Lowe sent a threatening email to Carnival Cruise Lines in January 2024 because he felt upset and resentful.
- Lowe was watching the family pets while his girlfriend's family enjoyed a Caribbean cruise departing from Miami.
- The email stated, "I think someone might have a bomb on your sunrise cruise ship," according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
- Authorities searched over 1,000 rooms after the email, and Lowe apologized, accepting responsibility, but no physical injuries occurred.
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After Cruise Began, Miffed Teen Sent Fake Bomb Threat
It's a lesson in how not to vent anger at your girlfriend's family: A Michigan teen has been sentenced to eight months in prison after emailing a bogus bomb threat to a cruise ship that had left port in Miami, reports the AP . Federal prosecutors say Joshua Lowe, 19, was...
Teen upset his girlfriend went on cruise without him jailed for making a bomb threat against ship
A Michigan teen was sentenced to prison after reporting a bogus bomb threat on the Carnival cruise ship his girlfriend and her family were on without him — after becoming upset they left him at home to watch their pets.

Michigan man upset that girlfriend went on cruise is sent to prison for ship bomb hoax
A Michigan man has been sentenced to eight months in prison for making a false bomb threat. Joshua Lowe was upset that he had to watch pets while his girlfriend’s family went on a cruise last year.
Cruise ship bomb hoax linked to pet sitting duties
MUSKEGON, Mich. (WOOD) — A Muskegon County man who targeted Carnival Cruise Lines with a bomb hoax because he was upset at being left behind to watch a family’s pets was slapped with a $1,200 fine and a stint behind bars for the 2024 ruse. “Hey, I think someone might have a bomb on your sunrise cruise ship,” Joshua Darrell Lowe said in an email to Carnival Cruise Lines, court records show. The ship had just departed Miami when the message was re…
Say What Now? Man Sentenced for Sending Fake ‘Bomb Threat’ to Cruise Ship After Girlfriend Went Without Him
Joshua Lowe, aged 19, faces imprisonment for sending an email to Carnival Cruise Lines in January 2024 stating, “Hey, I think someone might have a bomb on your sunrise cruise ship.” One teen is learning just how seriously bomb threats are taken after he let his emotions get the best of him when his girlfriend left him at home while she and her family went on a cruise. Joshua Lowe, 19, admitted he was “upset” when he made the claim. On Monday, he…
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