A Florida woman was arrested this week after allegedly threatening a health insurance provider.
According to WFLA, the incident occurred on Tuesday when 42-year-old Briana Boston called Blue Cross Blue Shield over several denied claims. Lakeland police said the woman became increasingly upset during the call, which she ended with, “Delay, deny, depose. You people are next.”
Boston’s final statement echoed the words written on the bullet casings found at Brian Thompson’s murder scene. The UnitedHealthcare CEO was fatally shot on Dec. 4 in New York City. The suspected gunman, Luigi Mangione, was arrested after a five-day manhunt and charged with second-degree murder.
Boston reportedly told police she used the “delay, deny, depose” phrase “because it’s what is in the news right now.”
“Healthcare companies played games and deserved karma from the world because they are evil,” she reportedly explained to authorities. However, Boston insisted she didn’t own any firearms and “was not a danger to anyone.”
“She readily admitted that, ‘Yeah that’s exactly what I said but I didn’t mean anything by it,'” Lakeland Police Chief Sam Taylor told WFLA. “Well, you don’t get to pull that back after you say 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.”
Boston was charged with threats to conduct a mass shooting or an act of terrorism. She was booked into Polk County jail, and her bond was set at $100,000.
“I do find that the bond of $100,000 is appropriate considering the status of our country at this point,” the judge said during Boston’s first court appearance.
