BSO Arrest Fort Lauderdale Woman for Making Bomb Threat at Courthouse, Police Station, and Hospital

By Kristen Hernandez

Fort Lauderdale, FL – Broward Sheriff’s Office announced deputies have arrested Fort Lauderdale resident, Ashley Nicole Bernard, 29, after police said she made bomb threats that targeted the Broward County Courthouse, Hollywood Police Station and an area hospital on Tuesday, September 19th.

According to the arrest report, Bernard was charged with three counts of making a false bomb threat and one count of an intimidation-written threat to kill or injure. Bernard first made a threating Instagram post and then called 911 on Tuesday to make multiple bomb threats.

“There’s gonna be three bombs,” said Bernard, during the recently released 911 call. “There [is] going to be a bomb at the Broward County Courthouse. That is going to be in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. There is going to be a bomb on Exit 21, Hollywood Boulevard, the police station right across from Target. The last bomb will be at the Joe DiMaggio Memorial Hospital, in the mental health ward unit, right across from 833 North Rainbow Drive, Hollywood, Florida, 33021.”

When the 911 operator asked how she knew this information, Bernard hung up.

After police had Bernard in custody, her Instagram account revealed written threats.

“There’s too many hospitals and police stations to shoot up so Hollywood PD and the Broward Sheriff’s Office will be shot up first,” Bernard’s post said. “I’ll find their families and wipe them off the face of this earth, not the children though.”

Bernard was booked in the Broward County Jailhouse, where she is being held on $20,000 bond. Attorney information isn’t yet available.