This item was written by Fran Golden, a cruise expert and Trip Coach for Budget Travel magazine. Golden is serving as Guest Editor of The Cruise Log while USA TODAY Cruise Editor Gene Sloan is away.
The 2,052-passenger, 70,367-ton Carnival Fascination, which debuted in 1994.
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By Andy Newman, Carnival Cruise LinesA Florida woman has been arrested for calling in a fake bomb threat against a cruise ship as the vessel was returning to port in Jacksonville.
The ship involved was the 2,052-passenger Carnival Fascination, returning to the JAXPORT cruise terminal at the end of a Caribbean cruise, reports News 4-WJXT. The hoax took place in May 2010. Linda Wilson, 44, of Baldwin, Fla., was arrested yesterday by local law enforcement on a federal warrant, according to a statement by the U.S. Attorney, Middle District of Florida.
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She is charged with reporting false information to law enforcement. If convicted, she faces up to five years in prison. According to the indictment, Wilson called the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office with the claim a bomb was going to explode on the ship. Participating in the investigation were the Coast Guard, Customs and Border Protection and FBI.
