Reported explosion at Northeastern University was a hoax; Texas man is arrested
A reported explosion last month at Northeastern University was a hoax and the man who said he was injured has been arrested, according to FBI statements made
A reported explosion last month at Northeastern University was a hoax and the man who said he was injured has been arrested, according to FBI statements made in court documents.
The FBI Boston office announced an arrest in a tweet Tuesday morning, but court documents viewed by NBC News show that the package detonation never occurred.
Jason Duhaime has been charged with crimes related to a hoax bomb threat, the documents show.
The incident was reported on Sept. 13. Initial reports said that a package that had been delivered to Holmes Hall on the school's main campus detonated. A man said to be a university employee reportedly suffered minor hand injuries.
But the FBI says in the court documents that a student’s accounts of the events directly contradicted Duhaime. The agency also said it found a threatening note that was allegedly located with the package on Duhaime’s computer.
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