PHENIX CITY, Ala. — Police arrested a man they say threatened to set off a bomb inside a Waffle House near the Alabama-Georgia line, WTVM reports.
Arimas Joliff has been charge with one count of making a terroristic threat.
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Phenix City police said employees at the Waffle House on Summerville Road called for help Sunday night.
Investigators said a man walked into the restaurant and told employees that he had an explosive device in his bag.
Phenix City police shut down several roads and called the bomb squad and K9 unit. The units completed their search of Joliff’s bag and said they found no explosive devices.
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Joliff was taken into custody. Police told WTVM that Joliff’s mental health will be evaluated.
“Just an abundance of caution. Any case like this, we treat where there’s a threat of possible explosives, we’re going to treat it like there is an explosive. We called our bomb tech with his bomb dog. We cleared the scene. We also shut down the road and cleared out the businesses around there just to make sure everybody was safe.” Assistant Chief of Police George Staudinger told WTVM.
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