{"id":70305,"date":"2023-02-21T12:46:25","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T12:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/21\/would-be-criminal-threatens-to-blow-up-hollywood-sign-calls-wrong-cops\/"},"modified":"2023-02-21T12:46:28","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T12:46:28","slug":"would-be-criminal-threatens-to-blow-up-hollywood-sign-calls-wrong-cops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/21\/would-be-criminal-threatens-to-blow-up-hollywood-sign-calls-wrong-cops\/","title":{"rendered":"Would-Be Criminal Threatens to Blow Up Hollywood Sign, Calls Wrong Cops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-69def7a5a2c15145ed4a2d46999503e2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20230220_42b1b989e89b4375b9c8a004663f9d1c\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:7e95579c-07b4-4038-89bb-92cf4b588b80\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/42\/4by3\/2023\/02\/20\/42b1b989e89b4375b9c8a004663f9d1c_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"hollywood sign\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-69def7a5a2c15145ed4a2d46999503e2--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-2f4b5afce76bcc2275f08ef4ef195099\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Someone allegedly tried to tug a Doctor Evil with the enduring Hollywood signal &#8212; each when it comes to his ridiculously wacky calls for &#8230; in addition to his total smarts. \ud83d\ude05<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-2f4b5afce76bcc2275f08ef4ef195099--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-976530e802a26401c02547a13ef90751\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Law enforcement sources inform TMZ &#8230; a person known as Hollywood PD Sunday threatening to blow the well-known L.A. landmark to smithereens with pipe bombs &#8212; that&#8217;s, except he was paid a WHOPPING $10,000 (insert <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/mike-myers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Mike Myers<\/strong><\/a> pinky transfer right here).<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-976530e802a26401c02547a13ef90751--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b58a6a464075414ee539df0c9fd11859\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Big claims for giant stakes, we suppose.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b58a6a464075414ee539df0c9fd11859--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d74660260f28828688bf355701e9a598\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Here&#8217;s the issue &#8230; we&#8217;re instructed the dude did not even dial the fitting division. In trying to achieve L.A., our sources say he truly dialed cops in Hollywood, FL.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d74660260f28828688bf355701e9a598--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-7e7c292ef434dd5534f210e257b28946\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20230220_cca925fc406a41c0873c769fc0c10c42\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:7e95579c-07b4-4038-89bb-92cf4b588b80\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/cc\/4by3\/2023\/02\/20\/cca925fc406a41c0873c769fc0c10c42_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"hollywood florida\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-7e7c292ef434dd5534f210e257b28946--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-708a02dd8a5c73de9f7a5a7e6da26fee\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Unclear if he realized he had the unsuitable quantity, however in any case &#8230; we&#8217;re instructed the Florida HPD hit up their L.A. counterparts to let &#8217;em know what was occurring, nutty as the entire thing appeared.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-708a02dd8a5c73de9f7a5a7e6da26fee--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-740472c9dcafbd55f9d1b1590622879b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>We&#8217;re instructed LAPD checked it out, and located no credible menace in any respect. Our sources inform us there&#8217;ve been no arrests, however the case is beneath investigation.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-740472c9dcafbd55f9d1b1590622879b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-f64a7bce9c7a8891ab5bb9367e5e52f8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block canvas-youtube-video-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block--default  \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f64a7bce9c7a8891ab5bb9367e5e52f8--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4bfab94fc9d7697af99bb3a004fe1062\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>For context, the Hollywood signal is beneath 24\/7 video surveillance, so it is all the time watched carefully &#8212; and there are further security measures in place if anybody tries to tamper with it. Of course, some have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2022\/02\/20\/hollyweed-sign-creator-react-rams-house-overlay-los-angeles-hollywood-sign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>been profitable<\/strong><\/a> attending to it in recent times &#8230; however it&#8217;s no straightforward goal.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4bfab94fc9d7697af99bb3a004fe1062--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-c8a8f95a1c60295622729affc9e3eae9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Just one other day within the City of Angels &#8230; to not be confused with Florida&#8217;s so-called &#8220;Diamond of the Gold Coast.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-c8a8f95a1c60295622729affc9e3eae9--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-712b2c30f15953a846338bae553a50e7\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><strong>Fun reality<\/strong>: <strong>Joseph Young<\/strong> based Hollywood, FL in 1921, and sure, the previous Cali resident was California dreamin&#8217; when he adopted the title for his &#8220;Dream City&#8221; in South FL.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-712b2c30f15953a846338bae553a50e7--><\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Someone allegedly tried to tug a Doctor Evil with the enduring Hollywood signal &#8212; each when it comes to his ridiculously wacky calls for &#8230; in addition to his total smarts. \ud83d\ude05 Law enforcement sources inform TMZ &#8230; a person known as Hollywood PD Sunday threatening to blow the well-known L.A. landmark to smithereens [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":70307,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-70305","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity-gossip"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70305\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}