Briana Boston, 42, of Lakeland, FL, faces jail time after she allegedly threatened the people of BlueCross BlueShield.
Authorities charged her “with threats to conduct a mass shooting or an act of terrorism.”
In a recorded call, Boston said, “Delay, deny, depose. You people are next.”
The words “delay, deny, depose” were on the bullet casings that killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Luigi Mangione, 26, has been charged in Thompson’s murder. From WFLA:
The affidavit noted the similarities between the incidents, stating that those words have become nationally recognized as a phrase “directed against insurance companies.”“She’s been in this world long enough that she certainly should know better that you can’t make threats like that in the current environment that we live in and think that we’re not going to follow up and put you in jail,” said Lakeland Police Chief Sam Taylor.Police made contact with Boston at her home in Lakeland, where she reportedly admitted to using those words during the call, telling detectives that “healthcare companies played games and deserved karma from the world because they are evil.”
The mother of three supposedly admitted she used the phrase “because it’s what is in the news right now.”
Boston stressed she did not “mean anything by it.”
“She’s been in this world long enough that she certainly should know better that you can’t make threats like that in the current environment that we live in and think that we’re not going to follow up and put you in jail,” stated Lakeland Police Chief Sam Taylor.
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