Woman 'overdue medical bills' faces charges after making bomb threat at hospital

SALT LAKE CITY — A woman is facing terrorism charges in Third District Court after she threatened to plant a bomb at the University of Utah Hospital on Sept. 17, police said.

According to the booking affidavit, the medical center said sometime that afternoon, a “male voice” caller said a bomb would explode at the hospital in 30 minutes. The call lasted only six seconds.

University police officers responded to the medical center and swept the building.

After checking records, it was confirmed that the phone number was used by Massey Lee, CTBOR, who called the medical center three times between July and August, according to the affidavit.

Police traced the number back to Ctbor's home address, but when visited, her father said she had gone to her boyfriend's house. He called his daughter on speaker phone with the officers present to say he wanted to speak to her.

On the call, “Ctbor said it was weird, yelled (for her boyfriend) and disconnected the call,” the affidavit said.

When the police arrived at her boyfriend's house, her boyfriend's father answered the door and said he was a lawyer representing both the boy and Ctbor. He said that he would not make any statement.

“Citbor exited the residence and closed her eyes when detectives told her why she was there,” the affidavit said. “Detectives seize Ctibor's phone for processing of digital evidence.”

A search warrant was ordered to download the contents of her cell phone. The data showed that Ctibor was frustrated with an outstanding medical bill owed to the University of Utah Hospital and was under “significant stress” over her inability to pay. The affidavit states that her boyfriend was aware of the bill and was frustrated by it.

Her cell phone data also found a phone call made to the medical center at the exact time of the bomb threat, and the time of the call coincided with the threat.

According to detectives, the call and data found on her cell phone were enough to indicate she made the call, and according to the affidavit, Ctbor is now charged with a third-degree felony for making a terroristic threat.

The charge sheet and affidavit highlight disruptions to the building's operations due to the threat, including delayed surgeries and other patient treatment while the building was searched. An assistant director at the medical center told police the cost of the delay in patient care was more than $10,000.