Bloomington Woman Celebrates Birthday by Calling in Bomb Threat

Woman in Bloomington Arrested on Her Birthday After Calling in Threat

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Police say a Bloomington woman spent her birthday in jail after calling in a threat to blow up a dispatch center. The Bloomington Police Department said their Records Division got a call on Wednesday at 1 p.m. from a woman saying she planned on shooting an explosive device at the Monroe County Central Emergency Dispatch Center. The woman hung up without identifying herself but called back soon after, insisting that the dispat…

Bloomington woman celebrates birthday by calling in bomb threat

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Police say a Bloomington woman rang in her birthday by calling up police and threatening to blow up the dispatch center. Star L. Bragg, 49, was arrested on Wednesday and charged with one count of intimidation, a Level 6 felony. According to the Bloomington Police Department, the police's Records Division received a [...]

Bloomington woman arrested for threatening to bomb dispatch center

BLOOMINGTON A Bloomington woman was arrested Wednesday after calling police and threatening to bomb the Monroe County Central Emergency Dispatch Center.According to Bloomington Police Department, around 1 p.m., the department's records division received a phone call from a woman who stated that she was going to kill people and also planned to shoot an explosive device into the Monroe County Central Emergency Dispatch Center. The woman then hung …

Bloomington police: Woman arrested after alleged bomb threat to dispatch center

Looking southeast at the corner of 3rd and Walnut streets. The dispatch center is located on the second floor of the same building that houses Bloomington Transit’s downtown transit center. (Dave Askins, Dec. 11, 2025)A woman who called in a bomb threat to Bloomington police headquarters on Wednesday (Dec. 10) was identified, found, and booked into jail less than an hour later. According to a Thursday news release from the Bloomington police dep…

Woman arrested for alleged threatening to bomb Monroe County Emergency Dispatch Center

BLOOMINGTON—Bloomington Police have arrested a local woman after she allegedly called the department claiming she would kill people and planned to attack the Monroe County Central Emergency Dispatch Center with an explosive device. The incident began on Tuesday, December 9, at approximately 1:05 p.m., when the Bloomington Police Department (BPD) Records Division received a threatening phone call. The caller, who did not identify herself, alleged…