A 35‑year old man from Alexandria, Louisiana went from arguing over a parking fee at the New Orleans airport to facing a federal bomb threat charge that carries up to a decade in prison.
On November 7, he tried to leave the short‑term lot in his Jeep Grand Cherokee but his credit card was declined. He refused to move his Jeep from the exit lane even after airport police arrived, but they eventually press him to do so.
About two hours into the ordeal he then makes a call to the airport: “Page Hassan… we have the bomb.” Half an hour later he makes a second call, threatening the woman on the other end of the line saying he’s going to cut her throat and demands that staff page “Hassan” to “bring the bomb to level three” of the parking structure.
Hassan was not real and there was no bomb. But the phone number placing the call was tied to the man in the parking garage incident. Officers find the man still sitting in his jeep, and arrest him.
He was incicted by a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Louisiana indicted Johnson for willfully conveying a bomb threat and faces up to 10 years in prison; up to $250,000 fine; up to 3 years supervised release. However, he has been released on bail while the case proceeds.
I’m not even clear about what the bomb threat was supposed to accomplish – perhaps an evacuation that allowed people to drive off without paying? The strategy never makes sense but we’ve seen bomb threats at airports to achieve customer service objectives before. It does not work.
- An Aerolineas Argentinas flight attendant didn’t want to work a Buenos Aires – Miami flight because her ex‑boyfriend and his new girlfriend were also on the crew. So she used her daughter’s phone and a voice‑distortion app to call the captain, reported a bomb threat against the flight, and eventually got herself arrested and charged.
- In June 2025, a Spirit Airlines passenger missed his Detroit – Los Angeles flight and decided the solution was to call in a bomb threat so the aircraft would be brought back and he might get re‑boarded.
He phoned Spirit reservations from his own number, claimed someone intended to bomb that same flight, and even described the imaginary suspect. He was very easy to find.
- A passenger in India realized he’d left his wallet on a SpiceJet flight between Delhi and Bangalore. He called in a bomb threat against the aircraft to get attention for his missing wallet. He was still standing at the airline’s ticket counter when he made the call, so police didn’t have to look far.
- A 23‑year‑old student in France called in a hoax bomb threat against his parents’ flight from Lyon to Rennes because he didn’t want them visiting him at school.
In all cases, a desperate person thinks a bomb threat is their way out. But it isn’t.
(HT: Paddle Your Own Kanoo)
The fact that he’s from Louisiana tells us all we need to know. Keep underfunding public education and these are the results, along with morbid obesity and teen pregnancies. ‘Murica’s the best.
That’s not good. Obviously, do not do this. I’ll wait for @George Romey to pretend like our justice system doesn’t prosecute people… *facepalm* (it still does, George!)
I usually agree with you, @Lucky Larry, but, no, I’m not joining-in on punching-down a whole state. There’s still some decent folks in Louisiana. We’re not gonna see improvement if we isolate them.