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For Immediate Release:
February 27, 2019

Media Contact:
Det. Argemis Colome
[email protected]
(305)471-1900

   
Topic: Hoax Bomb Arrest
Case #: PD190226072110
Date & Time of Occurrence: 02/26/2019 at approx. 1:15 p.m.
Address of Occurrence: 7070 SW 40 Street
  Miami, Florida
   
Subject #1:
Subject's Name: Luis Felipe Jaspe Jr, (W/M)
Subject's DOB: 12/10/1971
Subject's Address: 3300 SW 92nd Court
  Miami, Florida
Subject's Charges: Hoax Bomb/Possess/Sell/Deliver


Man arrested for hoax bomb


(Miami-Dade County, FL) -- 

On Tuesday, February 26, 2019, detectives from the Miami-Dade Police Department (MDPD) Homeland Security Bureau, arrested a male for possessing a hoax bomb and displaying it inside a restaurant.

According to investigators, a patron at the restaurant observed the subject handling a threaded metal pipe wrapped with black tape, a red cap, and battery wires. The subject than removed a laptop computer and a metal box with electrical wires from his bag.  The patron exited the restaurant and immediately informed the authorities of his observations. MDPD Kendall District officers responded to the scene and took the subject into custody. MDPD bomb technicians along with Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) agents, responded to the scene, destroyed the device and determined it was a hoax.  The subject was arrested and charged accordingly.


 
Anyone with information regarding this incident is urged to contact CrimeStoppers
(305)471-TIPS (8477) or (866) 471-8477
Visit www.crimestoppersmiami.com and select “Give a Tip”
   

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MIAMI-DADE POLICE DEPARTMENT
9105 Northwest 25th Street
Doral, FL 33172-1500
(305)471-1780