{"id":351951,"date":"2026-07-25T04:53:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T04:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/351951\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T04:53:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T04:53:13","slug":"florida-man-20-arrested-for-making-threat-against-south-causeway-bridge-in-new-smyrna-beach-officials-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/351951\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida man, 20, arrested for making threat against South Causeway Bridge in New Smyrna Beach: Officials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Brief<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A 20-year-old Florida man has been arrested after allegedly making a threat against the South Causeway Bridge in New Smyrna Beach, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Logan Everett Cimms, of Edgewater, was booked into jail for making a written threat to commit an act of terrorism.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The South Causeway Bridge crosses the Indian River North, connecting New Smyrna Beach and the inlet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. &#8211; A 20-year-old man from Edgewater is accused of making a terroristic threat against the South Causeway Bridge in New Smyrna Beach, which crosses the Indian River North, connecting New Smyrna Beach and the inlet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Logan Everett Cimms was arrested and booked into jail on one count of making a written threat to commit an act of terrorism, according to the arrest affidavit and online records. A Florida judge issued no bond and ordered Cimms to be held in pretrial detention.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Id (sic) recommend not walking that bridge for a while.&#8221; Alleged chats been Logan Cimms and another person via arrest affidavitThe backstory<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to the probable cause statement, Cimms and another person were having a conversation where Cimms made reference to the South Causeway Bridge. The conversation made others uncomfortable, which was later reported to law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Here is some of the conversation included in the arrest affidavit:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Cimms: &#8220;Id (sic) recommend not walking that bridge for a while&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Cimms: &#8220;if i explain myself the Feds will be bck at my door&#8221; (laughing emoji)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Cimms: &#8220;OK I&#8217;m going to big picture this so I don&#8217;t frame myself&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Cimms: &#8220;Needs to be stable&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Cimms: &#8220;How is it stable&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Cimms: &#8220;What happens if the legs aren&#8217;t stable<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Cimms: &#8220;You get where I&#8217;m going with it&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Cimms: &#8220;Your (sic) not stupid&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to the arrest report, in 2025, Cimms and another person were investigated by the FBI for allegedly sharing concerning and inflammatory messages in a group chat about an alleged intent to carry out a &#8220;mass casualty event.&#8221; That friend was ultimately charged with a crime by the Edgewater Police Department, the report said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to the report, Cimms was a close friend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What they&#8217;re saying<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The safety of our community is our highest priority,&#8221; said New Smyrna Beach Police Chief Chris Kirk in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We take every threat seriously and appreciate the swift collaboration between our detectives, the FBI, Edgewater Police Department, Port Orange Police Department, the Volusia Sheriff&#8217;s Office, and everyone who came forward to report this concerning information. If you see something suspicious, report it immediately. Public vigilance plays a critical role in keeping our community safe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Source<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The information used in this story comes from the New Smyrna Beach Police Department and the arrest affidavit. FOX 35 also attended the bond hearing for Logan Cimms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief A 20-year-old Florida man has been arrested after allegedly making a threat against the South Causeway&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":351952,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[143917,28,30,29,143919,143916,3686,143915,143918,143920],"class_list":["post-351951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-edgewater-police-department","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-indian-river-north","tag-logan-everett-cimms","tag-new-smyrna-beach","tag-south-causeway-bridge","tag-terroristic-threat","tag-the-south-causeway-bridge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351951","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=351951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/351952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}