O.K., I just saw a news report that stated that this kid's mother was aware that he was making prank calls for some time and getting paid to do them through PayPal.
Apparently, he was on his web cam with a guy from Australia making arrangements to do one of these crazy phone pranks and the Australian guy told the authorities that this kid's Mother came into the room and she yelled at her son, "stop making any more bomb threats because our house is going to get raided!!!!"
So, obviously, there is more to this story than everyone is letting on.