Florida woman arrested after writing shooting threats in Claude chats
10/05/2026 — 10/05, 13:11·1 sources·1 reports
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A 30-year-old woman in Lee County, Florida, was arrested after allegedly writing a violent threat against a local sheriff's office in a conversation with Anthropic's chatbot Claude, according to a report from IT之家 on October 5.
Local police said Carli Michelle Heller, a resident of Bonita Springs, wrote on September 26 that she intended to "shoot up" the Lee County Sheriff's Office. The content triggered Anthropic's safety controls and was escalated for human review and then to law enforcement, according to the account reported by IT之家.
Investigators said Anthropic's safety systems monitor for keywords and potentially threatening content, and that material is escalated to human review depending on severity, with a human team confirming the case before contacting local law enforcement. Officers went to her residence and took her into custody, the report said.
Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno told local outlet WINK News that Heller later said she used the AI as a "diary." She faces one count of written threat of violence and has not been convicted, according to the report.
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Latest turnA 30-year-old woman in Lee County, Florida, was arrested after writing a threat to shoot up the local sheriff's office in a Claude chat on September 26. Anthropic's safety systems flagged the message, escalated it to human review and then contacted local law enforcement. The woman told investigators she used the AI as a "diary"; she faces one charge of written threats of violence and has not been convicted.
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A 30-year-old woman in Lee County, Florida, was arrested after writing a threat to shoot up the local sheriff's office in a Claude chat on September 26. Anthropic's safety systems flagged the message, escalated it to human review and then contacted local law enforcement. The woman told investigators she used the AI as a "diary"; she faces one charge of written threats of violence and has not been convicted.
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