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Thirty-six-year-old Jayson Lionel Epps was arrested after Transportation Policing Division deputies observed him wearing the exact clothing described from the incident one day earlier, said Deputy Grace Medrano of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Information Bureau.
He is being held in lieu of $50,000 bail.
“Based on statements made by the man, he was arrested for possession and placement of a hoax bomb device,” Medrano said.
“There is no indication or evidence the suspect was acting in concert with any other individuals or affiliations,” she said. The ongoing investigation is being handled by the LASD Arson and Explosives Detail and the FBI’s Counter Terrorism Unit. The arrest was made Friday.
Traffic was snarled as officers directed vehicles around the area after the unattended package was located by an employee at 1:35 p.m. Thursday at the Metro station at Seventh and Flower streets, according to Ramon Montenegro, spokesman for the Transit Policing Division.
Arson and Explosives Detail personnel detonated the item at about 5 p.m. and determined it was “a hoax device that was intentionally made to look like an explosive,” Montenegro said.
The Harbor (110) Freeway’s north and south on- and off-ramps at Sixth and Seventh streets were closed for several hours for precautionary reasons, creating a traffic nightmare for rush-hour commuters.
—City News Service