KALAMAZOO, Mich. — A Michigan guy who was once disillusioned that he needed to watch pets whilst his female friend’s circle of relatives went on a cruise was once sentenced to 8 months in jail Monday for creating a false bomb danger.
The e-mail pressured Carnival Corp. to test greater than 1,000 rooms after the send had departed Miami in January 2024, prosecutors mentioned.
“Someone creating a bomb danger must be expecting to be taken at his phrase. Thankfully, this actual hoax didn’t lead to bodily damage,” Assistant U.S. Legal professional Nils Kessler mentioned in a court docket submitting.
Joshua Lowe, 19, was once sentenced to jail throughout an look in federal court docket in Kalamazoo.
“FBI brokers traced the e-mail cope with to Lowe, who was once residing along with his female friend’s circle of relatives,” Kessler mentioned. “Lowe admitted he despatched the message as a result of he was once disillusioned that the circle of relatives went at the cruise, whilst leaving him in the back of to take care of their pets.”
Lowe apologized in a letter to U.S. District Pass judgement on Paul Maloney.
“That is all my fault and take complete accountability,” he mentioned.
