Suspect charged with placing false bombs in subway pressure cooker scare: Police 1 hr ago
A suspect taken into custody early Saturday in relation to the abandoned rice cookers that caused a bomb scare in New York City has been charged, police said.
© NYPD Police are looking to locate and identify this individual wanted for questioning in regard to the suspicious items inside the Fulton Street subway station in Manhattan, Aug. 16, 2019.
Larry Griffin, of West Virginia, was apprehended by police early Saturday.
The 26-year-old has been charged with three counts of placing a false bomb for the scare that caused havoc on the New York City subway system during the Friday morning commute.
The bomb scare was set off Friday when a subway passenger approached two NYPD counterterrorism officers to alert them about suspicious packages at the Fulton Street subway station in lower Manhattan. The items turned out to be rice cookers.
© NYPD A pressure cooker at the Fulton Street subway station in Manhattan, Aug. 16, 2019, was investigated by the bomb squad.
A third suspicious package was reported near a trash can at West 16th Street and 7th Avenue, also in Manhattan, police said.
The NYPD's bomb squad responded to both locations and deemed the cookers safe. Officials investigated whether the incidents were related.
Later in the day, police identified Griffin as a person of interest and released a picture they say was him.
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