Teen upset his girlfriend went on cruise without him jailed for making a bomb threat against ship

A Michigan teen was sentenced to situation aft reporting a bogus weaponry menace connected the Carnival cruise vessel his woman and her household were connected without him — aft becoming upset they near him astatine location to ticker their pets.

Joshua Darrell Lowe, 19, was sentenced to 8 months successful situation connected Monday for making a mendacious weaponry threat, forcing Carnival Corp. to cheque implicit 1,000 rooms connected committee aft the vessel had departed Miami successful January 2024, prosecutors said.

Lowe, who was surviving with his woman and her household successful Muskegon County, reported a weaponry connected the vessel due to the fact that helium was upset they near him astatine location to ticker their pets portion they sailed to Jamaica, prosecutors said.

“FBI agents traced the email code to Lowe, who was surviving with his girlfriend’s family,” Assistant US Attorney Nils Kessler said successful a tribunal filing.

“Lowe admitted helium sent the connection due to the fact that helium was upset that the household went connected the cruise, portion leaving him down to attraction for their pets.

A 19-year-old was arrested for making a fake weaponry menace against a cruise vessel past year. Bloomberg via Getty Images

“Anyone making a weaponry menace should expect to beryllium taken astatine his word. Fortunately, this peculiar hoax did not effect successful carnal injury,” Kessler added.

Carnival Cruise Lines received the phony extremity successful an email successful January 2024 that warned, “Hey, I deliberation idiosyncratic mightiness person a weaponry connected your sunrise cruise ship,” the US Attorney’s Office said past year.

The cruise ship, Sunrise, had conscionable near Miami and was headed for Jamaica erstwhile the menace came in, officials said.

The teen sent an email to Carnival reporting a weaponry was connected the ship. onephoto – stock.adobe.com

The ship’s unit searched implicit 1,000 rooms aft receiving the email.

The US Coast Guard and Jamaican authorities besides got progressive successful escorting the vessel to port.

Lowe reportedly apologized for his actions successful a missive to US District Judge Paul Maloney, writing, “This is each my responsibility and I instrumentality afloat responsibility.”

With Post wires