Michigan Mom Calls in false bomb threats to Daughter's School Over Play | Crime Alert Recap Saturday
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🗓️ 17 January 2026
⏱️ 9 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.5 | Crime Alert, hourly update. |
| 0:06.6 | Breaking Crime News Now. |
| 0:08.1 | I'm Jackie Howard. |
| 0:09.3 | Jail time and probation. |
| 0:11.3 | That's what's ahead for a Michigan mom. |
| 0:13.5 | Crystal Royster, 42, twice called in false bomb threats to her daughter's Detroit |
| 0:19.1 | School after the girl wasn't allowed to take part in a |
| 0:22.5 | school play. Authorities say the daughter could not participate due to school policy after being |
| 0:28.9 | sick and going home earlier that day. Over 700 people had to be evacuated from Lake Shore High |
| 0:35.7 | School as St. Clalair Shores Police and other |
| 0:38.7 | distinctions rolled in to respond. Charges of a false report or threat of a bomb is a four-year |
| 0:44.7 | felony, and Royster pleaded guilty. She will serve probation for 18 months after spending 14 days |
| 0:51.4 | in the Macomb County Jail. As part of her probation, Roister is not allowed to contact the victims of the incident |
| 0:58.1 | and must notify the school before heading onto the grounds. |
| 1:02.1 | She also has to take part in a Class A impulse control classes. |
| 1:06.5 | More crime and justice news after this. |
| 1:13.1 | I'm Jennifer Gould. |
| 1:14.8 | A teenage daycare worker entrusted with the lives of helpless infants transformed a Minnesota |
| 1:22.4 | nursery into a personal death trap, intentionally suffocating babies just to satisfy a sick craving for attention. |
| 1:33.3 | Thea Ludemia Russell 18 was hauled off to jail after delivering a bone-chilling confession to cops. |
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