Ohio lunatic allegedly made bomb threats to officials amid Nolan Wells' probe

Key Points:

• Michelle Francine Edwards from Ohio is charged with making 29 bomb threat calls to Mississippi government offices investigating the death of Nolan Wells, causing building lockdowns and bomb sweeps.
• The calls, made on July 23 using blocked numbers, included threats such as “the clock is ticking” and warnings not to go outside, prompting law enforcement to trace the calls back to Edwards using phone records and cell tower data.
• Edwards faces federal charges of threatening communication in interstate commerce, carrying a maximum penalty of five years in prison, a $250,000 fine, and three years of supervised release.
• The threats occurred amid an ongoing investigation into the July 6 death of Nolan Wells, an 18-year-old black football player found dead after a boating trip, with his family retaining civil rights attorney Ben Crump.
• Separately, Joseph Alfredo Vasquez Dumarce was charged with sending death threats and bomb threats to a Jackson County judge connected to Wells’ case, highlighting heightened tensions surrounding the investigation.