FBI: Canadian teen charged with Bethlehem threats and menacing calls to airports, hotels, suicide hotline

A 14-year-old boy in Halifax, Nova Scotia, has been charged under Canadian law with offenses tied to 11 calls threatening violence at Bethlehem High School as well as airports, hotels and a suicide hotline in a campaign the FBI describes as a “reign of chaos.”

The teen was using IP and telephone spoofing technology to hide his identity, authorities said. The IP address first erroneously led FBI investigators to a home in Texas.

After learning the IP address had been compromised, the investigation turned to Canada.

FBI Special Agent in Charge Craig Tremaroli said the teen was responsible for a number of other hoax phone calls.

“The reign of chaos comes to an end,” he said Monday at a news conference at the FBI office in Albany.

Read more: Albany Times Union