Two Simi Valley teenagers have been arrested for threatening to blow up numerous Las Vegas hotels and casinos if the operators failed to come up with protection money, authorities said Friday.
Zachary Jackson, 18, and a 16-year-old friend were allegedly involved in making the calls, according to the Ventura County Sheriff's Department. In Las Vegas, people who fielded the threats said it sounded as if the caller were trying to disguise his voice.
Counterterrorism investigators from the Las Vegas Police Department traced the calls to Simi Valley, despite what officials described as “sophisticated devices” intended to hide the calls’ source, authorities said.
Investigators in Las Vegas will examine the devices in a search for additional possible victims.
Jackson was booked into Ventura County Jail on suspicion of making false bomb threats and attempted extortion. It was not immediately clear if the younger suspect remains in custody.
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