A 33-year-old Maine woman is facing charges after calling in a bomb threat to her boyfriend's place of employment in order to ensure he would have a day off from work.
Kayla Marie Blake, of Etna, Maine was arrested at the end of September after threatening to place a bomb at Puritan Medical Products in Pittsfield around 9 am on Thursday, September 23.
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The call forced the evacuation of the factory where her boyfriend worked. She then followed up, calling police to say she was going to place four pipe bombs at the factory.
The evacuation lasted 24 hours and affected over 400 workers. Puritan Medical Supplies is a plant that makes medical swabs for nasal use, including tests for SARS-CoV-2.
Police car pulls up. "You know any woman crazy enough to call in bomb threats?" Person on lawn: "Oh, yeah, that'd be Kayla!" (The police traced the call to the town of Etna, where Kayla Blake lives, and found her by asking people in the area.)https://www.insider.com/woman-made-bomb-threats-boyfriend-workplace-spend-time-together-report-2021-9\u00a0\u2026— David Wilkinson (@David Wilkinson) 1632805391
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This relationship was a ticking timebomb.— Sammy the Goat (@Sammy the Goat) 1632722249
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The police were able to track the threat to Blake, who was arrested on one count of terrorizing for her false calls. When asked why she made the calls, she purportedly said it was to spend extra time with her boyfriend.
However, reports state Blake and her alleged boyfriend had only met a week prior on a dating app.
The man in question has not made any statements connected to the incident.
That\u2019s ma gurl— Katey Crofts (@Katey Crofts) 1632740259
Nothing wins a man's heart faster than violent threats,— Jenny wren. (@Jenny wren.) 1632774317
Now that\u2019s love— Jermaine A. Smith (@Jermaine A. Smith) 1632791928
Sick days be like...pic.twitter.com/R8nAVDwLUL— Napoleon Wilson (@Napoleon Wilson) 1632722431
Puritan Medical Supplies made national news before.
In June 2020 Trump spoke at the plant unmasked, thereby ruining hundreds of nasal swabs the plant was forced to destroy.
Oh my goodness, did he marry her? pic.twitter.com/kPmPXIL2Yv— Jenny Emm (@Jenny Emm) 1632729744
The guy must have taken advantage of that and took off!— Ed Hall (@Ed Hall) 1632771581
The heart is such a mystery !— freddie mackie (@freddie mackie) 1632757499
I want to be loved like that.— Clint Howarth (@Clint Howarth) 1632746441
I'm sure he asked for double shifts.— Eric Houser (@Eric Houser) 1632730308
Blake's bail was set at $1500.
She has not yet entered a plea in the case.
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