Associated Press
A Florida woman has been charged with threatening her health insurance provider during a phone conversation after police say she uttered the same words found on the bullet casings used in the killing of an insurance executive in New York.
Briana Boston, 42, told a representative of Blue Cross Blue Shield, “Delay, deny, depose. You people are next,” as they ended a phone call Tuesday in which she unsuccessfully challenged the company’s denial of her insurance claim, Lakeland police say a recording shows.
The words “delay,” “deny” and “depose” were written on the casings left at the scene of the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a New York City street on Dec. 4. The words reflect the “delay, deny, defend” strategy some insurance companies use in dealing with expensive claims: Delay the decision, deny the claim and aggressively defend themselves.
Luigi Mangione, 26, is charged with murder in Thompson’s killing.
According to police, when Boston was questioned by officers Wednesday, she told them she used the words because “it is what is in the news right now.” She told officers she owns no guns and is accused of adding that insurance companies “are evil” and “deserve karma.”
Boston was arrested and charged with threatening to conduct an act of terrorism. She was being held without bail Friday at the Polk County jail. Court records do not show whether she has an attorney, and a phone listing at her home address was disconnected.
The charge is a second-degree felony, which could be punished by up to 15 years in prison if she is convicted.
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Republished with permission of The Associated Press.
6 comments
Ocean Joe
December 13, 2024 at 5:55 pm
Unless she said more this is a pretty weak case, and an extreme misuse of authority by our police state. Will Sheriff Grady appear on tv to lord about grinding another family just getting by, into the dirt?
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Ocean Joe
December 14, 2024 at 11:23 am
Charges were dropped, and it wasnt “Look at me I’m on tv” Grady, it was an extremely overfed Lakeland Chief of Police and the FBI.
We need an investigation into whether her claim was properly denied and if so, some brave politician needs to propose a law that criminalizes wrongful denial by the insurance company and the individual who signs off on the denial. Right now it’s a one way street.
kanemix3
December 15, 2024 at 8:17 pm
“extremely overfed police” had me laughing
Paul Passarelli
December 13, 2024 at 7:36 pm
Wow! $100,000 bond — That’s way out of line for a pissed-off utterance, aka *** FREE SPEECH ***.
What ever happened to the “Means, Motive, and Opportunity” tests? Even if she had the motive, and had formed the mens rea, something tells me that she had neither the means nor the opportunity to carry anything out.
JD
December 14, 2024 at 11:50 am
Smells like Lawfare in Lakeland. That could be the name for next reality show. Hell, we could have another president come from the ranks of rhetoric, redneck edition.
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