Cops Arrest Broward Man After Lengthy Investigation.
BY: 24/7 CRIME DESK | BocaNewsNow.com
DELRAY BEACH, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2023 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — A man using a computer at a Delray Beach library is accused of transmitting multiple threats to schools and administrators in Broward County. The Broward Sheriff’s Office issued this statement to BocaNewsNow.com.
Following a lengthy investigation by the Broward Sheriff’s Office’s Threat Management Unit (TMU) and several law enforcement partners, a former Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) employee was arrested last Thursday on numerous counts of making false bomb threats and making written threats to kill.
BSO’s TMU, Fort Lauderdale Police and Plantation Police collaborated on the investigation over a series of weeks beginning in mid-November. As a result, BSO’s V.I.P.E.R. (Violence Intervention Proactive Enforcement Response) Unit and Sunrise Police arrested Jayson Arlon Richardson last Thursday on five counts of making false bomb threats and three counts of making written threats to kill.
According to detectives, on Nov. 18, the BSO Real Time Crime Center (RTCC) received five bomb threats through the FortfiyFL application against schools in Deerfield Beach, Fort Lauderdale and Plantation. Through investigative means, Richardson was developed as a suspect. It was learned that the threats came from a public library computer in Delray Beach where Richardson was using a computer at the time the threats were made. On Dec. 13, as this investigation progressed, an additional three shooting threats against the schools were received by BSO’s RTCC through the FortifyFL app. The investigation revealed that these threats came from the Broward County Library in Davie/Cooper City, and Richardson was again developed as a suspect.
According to detectives, following his arrest, Richardson confessed to the crimes. Detectives indicate that Richardson previously worked as a teacher’s assistant for BCPS.
BSO reminds the community that these types of threats are taken seriously, investigated fully and could result in criminal charges. Also, anyone who sees, hears or learns of these types of threats should immediately report them. Report suspicious activity by contacting the Broward Sheriff’s Office non-emergency number at 954-764-HELP (4357) or submitting a tip to the SaferWatch app. Remember, call 911 in a true emergency.
