
A college student just learned that one thing you can’t joke about publicly is threatening to kill people or blow them up.
Gabriela Saldana, 23, of Florida International University, thought it was funny to kid around on a WhatsApp chat about bombs. The 215 students on the chat were discussing a campus event at the Ocean Bank Convocation Center, when Saldana chimed in.
“There’s going to be a bomb in the Ocean Bank Convocation Center,” police alleged she posted. “Netanyahu, if you can hear me, drop some bonbons for us capstone students in Ocean Bank Convention Center,” she also reportedly wrote.
When students pushed back, she said, “I made a dumb joke that should not have been made.”
The judge in the case, Mindy S. Glazer, told Saldana that while her position that it was just a joke is understandable, there is probable cause to charge her.
“I can understand your position when you are saying this is a joke, but to an objective person, it’s not a joke. And it would be enough for probable cause. I’m not saying it’s enough for beyond a reasonable doubt. I don’t know what the state’s going to be able to prove at trial, but for purposes of this hearing, I believe there is enough for probable cause.”

Saldana’s bond has been posted at $5,000.
There may be a time for everything — but there’s never a good time to make a joke about bomb threats, as Saldana is now learning the hard way.