Story by Sandy Giordano – Beaver County Radio. Published October 2, 2023 10:35 A.M.

(New York, USA) Eddie Manuel Nunez Santos akak Lucas, 33, has been arrested, and in a complaint unsealed September 29, 2023 in the Southern District of New York, is charged with making hoax bomb threats to more than 150 school districts, synagogues, airports, and locally, the Beaver Valley Mall, between September 15 and 21, 2023. The threats spanned multiple states, including PA, New York, Connecticut, Arizona, and Alaska. His actions resulted in massive disruptions in the targeted communities, including the evacuation of thousands of school children, a hospital lockdown, and flight delays. 24 PA school districts were disrupted by the hoaxes. His message said, “I placed multiple bombs in all of your schools in your school districts. The bombs will blow up in a few hours.”, “I’ll gladly smile when your families are crying because of your deaths.” Santos is also charged with attempting to induce a 15 year old girl to take and send him nude photos and sexually explicit photos, he allegedly sent the bomb threats in retaliation against her and other minors after they refused his requests for child pornography.