MIAMI – Miami-Dade police detained a man who made a reference to explosives when he asked another person to hold his bag at Miami International Airport Tuesday afternoon.
James Bahamonde of Miami Beach remains in custody and is facing charges.
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The incident happened in the second level of Terminals H-J. Police forced people to evacuate those terminals.
Miami-Dade Police say Bahamonde was at a bar and asked and attendant where the rest room was. The police affidavit says Bahamonde then told her she was responsible for the bag and that their might be a bomb in it. When police officers arrived they say Bahamonte told them he was just kidding.
The Miami-Dade Police Department's bomb squad examined the bag and determined there was no explosive device,
Police allowed people back into those terminals about 30 minutes later.