{"id":229679,"date":"2026-04-13T12:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T12:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/229679\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T12:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T12:34:08","slug":"man-arrested-for-bomb-threat-to-assisted-living-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/229679\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Arrested for Bomb Threat to Assisted Living Facility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/alexander-lufriu-1-.png\" alt=\"Man Arrested for Bomb Threat to Assisted Living Facility\" class=\"pr-3 pb-3\" aria-label=\"Man Arrested for Bomb Threat to Assisted Living Facility\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Hillsborough County Sheriff\u2019s Office has identified a suspect in a bomb threat made against an assisted living facility in Carrollwood, who has since been arrested in Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>On April 7, 2026, the Colonnade at Carrollwood, located at 13550 S. Village Drive in Tampa, received a phone call from an individual who stated there was a bomb inside the building before hanging up.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Deputies responded and conducted a thorough search of the facility. No explosives or threats were located.<\/p>\n<p>Through the investigation, detectives identified the caller as Alexander Lufriu, 33, who previously\u00a0lived in Hillsborough County and is now connected to Scott County, Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>The Prior Lake Police Department located Lufriu and confirmed his phone number was associated with the call.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On April 8, 2026, Lufriu was arrested in Scott County, Minnesota, by the Prior Lake Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThreatening lives and causing panic in our community is unacceptable,&#8221;\u00a0said Sheriff Chad Chronister.\u00a0\u201cWe will track you down, no matter where you are, and hold you accountable.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lufriu is facing the following charges:<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tFalse Report of a Bomb, Explosive, or Weapon of Mass Destruction&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tUnlawful Use of Two-Way Communications Device&#13;<\/p>\n<p>This remains an active investigation. Any updates will be provided by the Public Affairs Office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Hillsborough County Sheriff\u2019s Office has identified a suspect in a bomb threat made against an assisted living&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":229680,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-229679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}