Man Arrested in Metro Bomb Scare at Pentagon

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IF YOU WERE DELAYED by Thursday afternoon's Metrorail shutdown at the Pentagon station, you can blame it on bomb scare. According to Metro, a Chinese national living in Fairfax County allegedly claimed that another man was carrying a briefcase with a bomb in it.

The station was closed at 2:42 p.m. as law enforcement officials investigated the suspicious package in question, which was located near the station faregates. In the end, nothing was identified as dangerous and the station was reopened at 4 p.m. Residual delays lasted into the early evening rush. During the shutdown, shuttle bus service ferried passengers around the Pentagon.

The man who made the initial report, 34-year-old Ting Liu, was charged with making a false bomb threat and disorderly conduct, which are felonies that carry a possible 10-year prison sentence.

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