Woman charged after allegedly making bomb hoaxes to childcare centres

A woman charged after she allegedly made five bomb hoaxes to local childcare centres and a primary school will face court next month.

A woman has been charged following an investigation into multiple bomb hoax threats sent to childcare centres and a primary school in Brisbane’s Bayside region.

In the early hours of Thursday morning, five separate threatening messages were sent to childcare centres and a primary school.

A police investigation determined the alleged threats were unsubstantiated and there was no real risk to any children or the community.

Later the same day, detectives from the Bayside Criminal Investigation Branch charged a 50-year-old Cleveland woman with five counts of making a bomb hoax.

Police will allege the woman was not known to or connected with the centres or school.

The woman will appear at the Cleveland Magistrate’s Court on June 5.

Police have asked anyone with information to contact Policelink by providing information using the online suspicious activity form at www.police.qld.gov.au/reporting or call 131 444.

Originally published as Woman charged after allegedly making bomb hoaxes to childcare centres