So its all fun and games to play on the internet but I would hope that this kid knew better. After reading the whole article its sounded like mom knew the kid was up to no good but didn't do much about it. I dont think she will be winning mother of the year award.

Teenage Bomb Threat Suspect Was Internet Prank-Call Star

A 16-year-old North Carolina boy arrested for allegedly making a bomb threat against Purdue University had a secret identity as a superstar in an unusual online subculture — one dedicated to making prank phone calls for a live internet audience, his mother admitted Thursday.

"I heard the prank phone calls he made,” says Annette Lundeby of Oxford. "They were really funny prank phone calls.. He made phone calls to, like, Walmart.”

Well it didn't just end at Purdue or Walmart....

The case came to a head on March 4, when Tyrone made a series of rapid-fire bomb threats against five different schools around the United States. Bennett recorded the calls.

"This is a warning to every staff, student and anybody else who may be in the school tomorrow afternoon at 11:00 a.m.,” the caller is heard saying in a voicemail message for Mill Valley High School in Shawnee, Kansas.

"There are twelve bombs located throughout the entire campus at the school,” the caller continues (.mp3). "They are in random lockers throughout the school — I will not tell you which lockers they are located in. There are also two in the bathroom and there is one in the gym. You have exactly one hour after 11:00 a.m. to find and disarm the bombs. That is all I have to say. All will be cleansed.”

Click on the Headline of the story and you can hear a audio tape (mp3) of the boy making the one bomb threat to the schools. He did all of this so he could make a buck or two. If you paypaled him money he would call the schools number you gave him so that you could get out of class. What a stupid prank.

So he is 16 yrs old - after reading the story do you think he should be charged as a adult or as a minor?