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OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — A Clintonville woman who wanted the FBI to come to her house because she claimed police “essentially kept her hostage in her own house” admitted to calling in a bomb threat to a Jewish temple in Oshkosh, according to a criminal complaint.
Pauline Beyer, 65, is expected to make an initial court appearance Tuesday on count of making a bomb scare.
According to the criminal complaint, a bomb threat was called in Monday night to a leader of a temple in 1100 block of Algoma Blvd., stating they were going to bomb the church in two-to-three hours.
The only temple on that block is Congregation B’Nai Israel, 1121 Algoma Blvd.
Officers responded to the scene, where a search was performed and nothing suspicious was found. Nearby homes were also evacuated.
Police tracked the call to Beyer, who admitted making it.
“She said she just looked up a temple online and it was the first temple that popped up, so that is why she specifically chose this location to call and make the bomb threat to,” the complaint states. “She stated that the Clintonville Police Department has essentially kept her hostage in her own house. She has no lights and is unable to leave her residence. She states she has called Waupaca County 911, aging disability along with several other agencies and organizations attempting to get help and no one is helping her. She indicated that she decided to call in a bomb threat on today’s date in order to get the FBI to come to her residence and help her.”
Beyer, who described herself as a “religious person,” told police she had no intent to bomb anything.
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