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Porsche Owner Arrested for Bomb Threat Note Placed on the Dashboard

In light of events in recent years, yelling “bomb” on a plane is the surest way to get yourself arrested. The same goes for sticking fake bomb threat notes on your cars in the U.S., which is what one Porsche owner and his friend did.
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It happened in Marietta, Georgia, and while it might be a funny incident in retrospect, at the time, it triggered a terrorist alarm with both the police and special units, like the Cobb County Bomb Squad. And all it took was for some guy to put a note that claimed a Porsche had been rigged to explode on the car’s dashboard.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution says that there was never really a danger of a bomb, as this was a practical running joke between two friends, the owner of the black Porsche Boxster and his pal. His pal, without the owner’s knowing, placed the note on the dashboard, while the car was parked in the middle of the town.

The note claimed that the Porsche had been “modified to explode on contact” and demanded a $10,000 fee “at time explosive charges are removed.” There was no indication that the note might be a joke, but if there’d been, this wasn’t the kind of risk police would want to take. Consequently, 6 surrounding buildings were evacuated and the bomb squad was called in.

Police tracked down the owner of the car inside one of the buildings and he calmly informed them that the note “was all just a private joke between two friends.” “He claimed to not realize he placed the note in public view on his dashboard, nor that he parked his vehicle directly in front of the local newspaper facility,” the police say. “In the wake of so many tragedies across the country, police can’t make the assumption that this is not a serious threat.”

Initially, the cops wanted to impound the Porsche, but the owner agreed to let them search it on the spot. They didn’t found anything suspicious inside but they still arrested and charged the man with reckless conduct. Funnily, the friend who wrote and stuck the paper on the dash will not be prosecuted in relation to the incident.
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About the author: Elena Gorgan
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Elena has been writing for a living since 2006 and, as a journalist, she has put her double major in English and Spanish to good use. She covers automotive and mobility topics like cars and bicycles, and she always knows the shows worth watching on Netflix and friends.
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