There’s no good day of the year to call the police and make a bomb threat. But when Floyd Simm Bradley Jr. called the Melbourne, Florida, PD and threatened to bomb a causeway on September 11, officers didn’t mess around.

First, the 46-year-old man told the dispatcher he had placed a bomb on the Melbourne Causeway. He went into detail about how he had collected bomb-making ingredients locally. Then the call took an even more disturbing turn. He said he had a gun and planned to shoot at vehicles driving over the causeway. He even planned to target the area west of the causeway at night because it was crowded with restaurants and bars.

The conversation grew bizarre. Bradley claimed this wouldn’t be his first bombing. “I generally blow up causeways. I blow up causeways in Orlando, Casselberry and Tampa. I blow them up. I shoot people that drive over causeways.”

How a dispatcher narrowed in on the bomb threat caller

The dispatcher knew no one had successfully bombed these causeways. But they kept Bradley talking while tracing the call. Bradley bragged he kills people for a living, working for gangs, cartels, and mobs.

The MPD traced the phone call to the area of Guava Avenue and West Eau Gallie Boulevard. They began to suspect Floyd Simm Bradley Jr. and compared the voice of the man on the call with the 45 calls Bradley made from his phone in the past six months. It was a match.

Just to be sure, the dispatcher referred to the caller as “Floyd” and “Bradley.” He responded to both names.

The MPD rushed Bradley while he was still on the phone with dispatch. Officers found an open alcoholic beverage next to him. They arrested him and transported him to a patrol vehicle while he threatened, “I will kill all of you.”

The MPD is holding Bradley on multiple charges including false reporting concerning planting a bomb, resisting officers, breach of peace, and assaulting a law enforcement officer.