Fort Lauderdale police say a Broward County man is behind bars after a 911 caller claimed he was going to “blow up” the city’s police station and “shoot up” Fort Lauderdale High School. Officers reported that they tracked the caller to his residence on Sunday and took him into custody without any reported struggle.
Authorities identified the suspect as 30‑year‑old Bahai Dajani and said an alleged confession in his arrest report was fully redacted in the public copy. Investigators say Dajani was on parole at the time and now faces several charges tied to the 911 call, including a felony count for misusing 911 and a charge of sending or transmitting a written threat to carry out a mass shooting or an act of terrorism, according to Spot On Florida.
Police response
Once the threat came in, dispatchers sent officers to check the situation, and police say they located and detained Dajani at his home while investigators worked to verify the details of the call. Video of the arrest first aired on WPLG Local 10 and was later picked up by local news aggregators that followed the same basic timeline of events. As republished by Spot On Florida, police have not yet released booking details or any bond information.
Charges and the law
Florida law makes it a crime to send or transmit written or electronic threats that talk about committing a mass shooting or an act of terrorism. That offense is treated as a second‑degree felony under Florida Statutes section 836.10, as outlined in Florida Statutes. Misusing 911 is no small thing either. False or abusive emergency calls are banned under state law and can be charged as misdemeanors or felonies, depending on the fallout from the incident, according to Florida Statutes.
Why police take school threats seriously
Fort Lauderdale police and Broward County schools have built out specific threat‑response playbooks that kick in fast when someone talks about targeting a campus. Those tools include risk‑protection orders that can temporarily restrict access to firearms while officers sort out how serious a threat might be. The department’s own RPO program materials describe how school officials and officers coordinate when a threat hits the radar, with procedures that can include lockdowns and stepped‑up patrols…