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Posted on 09/01/2026 12:19:24 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The incident happened as the suspect was boarding American Airlines flight AA1319 to Camaguey, Cuba, at 11:45 a.m., according to the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office (MDSO). By Briana Trujillo • Published 4 hours ago • Updated 3 hours ago
A man was arrested Monday after "joking" that he had a bomb in his bag while boarding a flight to Cuba at Miami International Airport, authorities said.
The incident happened as the suspect, 33-year-old Yoel Guevara-Crespo, was boarding American Airlines flight AA1319 to Camaguey, Cuba, at 11:45 a.m., according to the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office (MDSO).
The arrest report details that when the ticket counter agent asked Guevara-Crespo "the standard security questions" about whether he possessed lithium batteries or incendiary devices, he allegedly responded, "No, but I have a bomb."
The agent told Guevara-Crespo that he could not fly and that she would have to contact her supervisor, according to the arrest report. The suspect said he was "joking."
Deputies were dispatched to the gate and took Guevara-Crespo into custody without incident, MDSO said. A K9 checked his luggage and returned "negative results."
The airline was allowed to resume normal operations.
Guevara-Crespo was taken to the airport station for an interview and gave a full confession, authorities said. He was arrested and taken to Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.
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Talk about stupid.
I worked for a company back in the 1980s who’s CEO got arrested at an airport for making a similar joke.
Needless to say, that company isn’t around anymore.
DSA:
“We stand by Yoel Guevara-Crespo!”
GoFundMe coming soon!
'Bomb threat' at a Home Depot turned out to be a man warning others about how badly he needed to use the restroom
Thu, February 14, 2019 at 4:24 PM EST
Police were called to a Wichita, Kansas Home Depot after it was believed that a man was making a bomb threat in the home improvement store.
Sedgwick County Communications recently released the 911 audio, in which the caller tells the operator that someone may have made a bomb threat, according to KWCH.
"We just had a customer here made what may have been a bomb threat," the caller said. "He said, uh, somebody told me there's a bomb in here and you need to leave the building. He said it three times."
Staff was alerted to the possible "bomb threat" after a person overheard the man in the store's restroom. However, authorities learned that the threat was actually a euphemism used by a man who really had to use the bathroom.
"You all need to get out of here because I'm fixin' to blow it up," the man allegedly said.
A witness to the bomb about to be dropped in the bathroom believed it to be a joke and laughed at the man. Police were able to track the man down and clear up the misunderstanding.
Surprisingly, this is not the first time such an incident has occurred. In November, one man in New Orleans was arrested after he allegedly threatened to blow up Willie's Chicken Shack, but claimed that when he said he was going "blow the bathroom up" he meant with a "bowel movement." Arthur Posey, the man in question, faced two charges of communicating false information of planned arson.
I’m surprised about direct flights to Camaguey Cuba.
I can remember an NFL player bringing fireworks on the plane. When asked at checkin he arrogantly said he was gonna blow it up. Got into doo doo.
Thank Barry.
Yes, I see flights to Havana and to Santiago in Cuba, but I’m not pulling up AA flights Miami to Camaguey. I do find the flight using the flight number.
Looking at FlightRadar it’s a daily flight on a A319.
While he may or may not have actually made such an announcement, he could
possibly get arrested for the joke these days.
Such a clever comic he should replace one of the national network late night ones.
Earlier yelled to a pal "Hi, Jack." Hadn't seen the Airplane films.
They should have kept his company going but dumped him.
Like “Leave the gun, take the cannoli.”
From SlashFilm.com article:
“According to The Hollywood Reporter, the story goes that Castellano added the extra detail about the cannoli after words of advice from his on-screen (and real-life) wife, Ardell Sheridan, reminding him to pick some up on the way home. As a result, the man who so brilliantly brought Clemenza to life expanded on what was simply “leave the gun,” which made it into the final version of the film. With a moment as incredible as that, it’s understandable why Coppola kept it in the edit, making room for what would become a line that would reappear in popular culture time and again for years afterward.”
RE: free speech rights....
In the 1960s Yippie antiwar activist Abbie Hoffman wrote: “I want the right to yell ‘theater’ in a crowded fire.”
Reminds me of "The Brady Bunch Movie" where a thug runs up to Greg's car window with a gun and yells, "This is a carjack!" and Greg calmly says, "Yes, this is a car, but my name's not Jack."
Some people just can't read the room.
That man should be thanked for his thoughtfulness and given a 20% discount on taco night.
Yeah, the airports really don’t have a sense of humour
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