GTA-Inspired Bomb Threat? (PC)

It looks like a gamer in Florida inadvertently caused havoc for some local police. Oops.

by Robert Workman on Thursday, May 27, 2004

A story in the Florida Times-Union has reported the following...

Police said they are treating a phone call late Sunday to Cross Creek Barbecue Restaurant in the 12100 block of Lem Turner Road as a legitimate bomb threat.

But Anthony S. Jones, 27, of the 500 block of Chestnut Drive, said he was at a friend's house and playing the game Grand Theft Auto with a child. At one point in the violence-filled game, Jones told police he warned the other player: "There's a bomb in the building. There's a bomb in the building. Everyone needs to get out!"

He made the comments while talking on the phone with a co-worker at the restaurant, where he was a cook. The co-worker heard the warning, considered it a serious threat and became scared, police said.

The night manager called police. The restaurant was emptied of people and searched, but no explosives were found.

Jones has been arrested as a result. Read the full article here.

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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
  • GenreAction
  • Release Date05/12/2003
  • PublisherRockstar Games
  • DeveloperRockstar North
  • ESRBM - Mature