Comedian/actor/writer T.J. Miller was arrested on Monday night at LaGuardia Airport in New York, according to multiple reports. The former Silicon Valley star, who also had a role in Fox's Deadpool (and the sequel), had reportedly called in a fake bomb threat last month while traveling by train on March 18.
According to the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Miller was charged with “intentionally conveying to law enforcement false information about an explosive device on a train traveling to Connecticut.”
The Blast reports:
Miller allegedly called a 911 dispatcher in New Jersey and reported that he was on Amtrak Train 2256 traveling from Washington, D.C., toward Penn Station in New York City, and that a female passenger “has a bomb in her bag.”
Amtrak officials stopped the train, detained the passengers, and had a bomb squad search train. No evidence of any explosive device or materials were found. According to the complaint, it was later discovered that Miller was on an entirely different train, which was also inspected later and "found not to contain any explosive devices or materials."
The attendant from the First Class car where Miller had been sitting told Amtrak officers that he believed Miller was intoxicated upon boarding the train, consumed multiple drinks while on the train, and was removed in New york due to his intoxication. The attendant also claimed that Miller had been involved in "hostile exchanges with a woman" seated in a different row form him.
The Blast continues:
Authorities believe Miller was “motivated by a grudge against the subject female, called 911 to relay false information about a suspected bomb on the train, and continued to convey false information to investigators while the public safety response was ongoing.
Miller appeared before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven and was released on a $100,000 bond. The charge carries a maximum term of imprisonment of five years.
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