Cincinnati Woman Charged in Federal Case Over Bomb Threats to Mississippi Offices

A Cincinnati woman, Michelle Francine Edwards, was charged in U.S. District Court with one count of transmitting a threatening communication after allegedly making two sets of bomb threat calls to two Mississippi government offices on July 23, 2026. The calls, placed from blocked numbers using *67, prompted lockdowns and bomb sweeps; investigators traced the number to her via cellphone data and Cash App accounts. The charge carries up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.