Late Tuesday afternoon, a man from New Jersey denied reports that he had a bomb in his luggage at an airport in Florida.<\/p>\n

John Magee, 66, of Carneys Point, allegedly made the threat at about 5:00 p.m. while waiting for his Frontier Airlines flight in Concourse C at Palm Beach International Airport. While the terminal and the plane were being searched, all passengers were evacuated to the concourse.<\/p>\n

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An affidavit obtained by WPTV TV states that a witness in line witnessed Magee repeatedly slam his bag to the ground. To paraphrase what she overheard from Magee, “I have a bomb in the bag” and “You don’t know what you’re in for.”<\/p>\n

Flight attendants informed the captain, who then had the gate desk contact the local sheriff after hearing the passenger’s story. Magee was taken off the flight by the sheriff’s deputies.<\/p>\n

Disputes the Validity of the Charge<\/h2>\n

Magee was questioned by police and allegedly said, “I didn’t say any dumb s\u2014t like blowing up a plane,” as stated in the affidavit.<\/p>\n

Magee told WPTV the deputies took him off the plane without giving him a reason, took him to an interrogation room where they read him his rights and questioned him.<\/p>\n

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He was taken to court and charged with filing a bomb threat that was unfounded.<\/p>\n

As soon as he posts a $30,000 bond, he can go back to his home in New Jersey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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