T.J. Miller Arrested For Calling In Fake Bomb Threat

Former Silicon Valley star T.J. Miller was charged for calling in a fake bomb threat from an Amtrak train.

Miller was arrested on Monday night at LaGuardia Airport in Queens, N.Y. According to a press statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut, he was charged with a federal complaint for “intentionally conveying to law enforcement false information about an explosive device on a train traveling to Connecticut.”

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On Tuesday morning, he appeared in court in front of Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven, Conn. and was released on a $100,000 bail. The charge carries a term of five years in prison maximum.

According to the prosecutors, Miller called 911 on March 18 when traveling on an Amtrak train to Penn Station in New York City from Washington D.C.. He reported that a fellow female passenger “has a bomb in her bag.”

When officials stopped the train in Green’s Farms Station in Westport, Conn., they removed all passengers from the train and had bomb squad members conduct a search, however, no explosive devices or materials were found.

Miller was then interviewed by officers via telephone, they asked if he was drunk but he said he only had “one glass of red wine.” They then asked if he suffered from a mental illness and he responded, “No, absolutely not. This is the first time I’ve ever made a call like this before. I am worried for everyone on that train. Someone has to check that lady out.”

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According to the Department of Justice’s press release, investigators later found out that Miller was traveling on a different train than he first reported. A First Class car attendant stated that Miller appeared to be intoxicated when boarding in Washington, as well as consumed more drink while on the train. They had to remove him from the train in New York because he was too intoxicated.

The attendant also reported to investigators that Miller has hostile exchanges with a woman in the car. The compliant alleged that Miller had a grudge against the woman, so he called 911 to relay false information about the bomb suspect.

The case is currently being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Joint Terrorism Task Force, Connecticut State Police, Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police Department, Amtrak Police Department and Westport Police Department.