Chapter 269: Section 14.   False Report of a Bomb
Section 14. Explosives or other dangerous substance or contrivance; false reports as to location; punishment.

Section 14. (a) Whoever, knowing the same to be false, transmits or causes to be transmitted to any person by telephone or other means a communication falsely reporting the location of any explosive or other dangerous substance or contrivance thereby causing anxiety, unrest, fear, or personal discomfort to any person or group of persons, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than twenty years, or by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than two and one half years or by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars or by both such fine and imprisonment in a jail or house of correction.

(b) A city or town may, upon recommendation of its chief law enforcement officer, pay a reward, not to exceed one thousand dollars to any person or persons, other than law enforcement officers, who supply information or assistance in obtaining a conviction under the provisions of this section.