--- title: Quinnipiac University Student Calls Bomb Threat to Cancel Graduation description: Danielle Shea hadn't actually attended Quinnipiac University all year canonical: https://time.com/104765/quinnipiac-university-graduation-bomb-threat/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-05-19T15:18:37.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:09:47.438Z og:title: College Student Calls In Bomb Threat to Graduation So Parents Wouldn't Find Out She Dropped Out og:description: Danielle Shea hadn't actually attended Quinnipiac University all year og:url: https://time.com/104765/quinnipiac-university-graduation-bomb-threat/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd2e82eef523a311d/6986900d169ab0077c2795f5/quinnipiac-commenceme_gros.jpg?branch=production&width=560&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 560 og:image:height: 315 og:image:alt: Danielle Shea og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: College Student Calls In Bomb Threat to Graduation So Parents Wouldn't Find Out She Dropped Out twitter:description: Danielle Shea hadn't actually attended Quinnipiac University all year twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd2e82eef523a311d/6986900d169ab0077c2795f5/quinnipiac-commenceme_gros.jpg?branch=production&width=560&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # College Student Calls In Bomb Threat to Graduation So Parents Wouldn't Discover She Dropped Out > Sponsored content. 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Hamden Police Department / AP by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman May 19, 2014 3:18 PM UTC A 22-year-old woman who failed to mention to her parents that she’d dropped out of Quinnipiac University did what many of us would do: she panicked. Then, she called in two bomb threats Sunday to try and cancel the university’s commencement ceremonies, the Associated Press[ reports](http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/05/19/police-arrest-woman-quinnipiac-bomb-threats/8YFCNyAPDG2ke45XIsVikL/story.html). Danielle Shea had not been attending the school all year, but her mother had been sending her thousands of dollars to fund her education. About 20 minutes before the ceremony was scheduled to begin, police say Shea called the university’s public safety department to report a “bomb in the library.” Then she called again to say, “Several bombs are on campus,” adding, “You haven’t cleared out graduation. That’s not a good idea.” Police soon managed to trace the calls back to Shea, who has been charged with first degree threatening and falsely reporting an incident. She is being held on $20,000 bond and is scheduled for a May 30 court appearance. The university’s College of Arts and Sciences commencement ceremony was delayed for an hour and a half as a result of the bomb threats. 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