Man Who Made Bomb Threat at West Palm Beach Police Department Arrested
Published on January 13, 2025
Date: January 13, 2025 TIME: 9:30 p.m.
PIO #25-01-3 WPBPD Case #2025-000654
MAN WHO MADE BOMB THREAT AT P.D. ARRESTED
A Palm Beach County man who called 911 reporting a bomb in the police department parking lot was arrested after causing a major disruption.
“There’s a bomb in your parking lot,” said the 911 caller before hanging up the phone at 8:42 a.m. Monday morning, January 13, 2025. The call forced a downtown block to be cordoned off for most of the day, a parking garage to be closed, and partial evacuation of police headquarters. The area from Banyan Boulevard to Clematis Street, and Rosemary to Sapodilla avenues were closed to car and foot traffic while Bomb Squad technicians and police dogs cleared the Sapodilla Garage and surrounding area, ensuring there were no hazards. A partial evacuation of the police department was also done as a precaution, temporarily displacing several dozen employees. The all-clear was given by 3 p.m., and the roads and sidewalks were reopened.
Detectives from the Violent Crimes Unit and Strategic Intelligence Center were able to identify the origin of the 911 call that led to the caller, 32-year-old Luke Joseph Cahill, of 462 Florida Mango Rd., in unincorporated Palm Beach County. Cahill made the call from a medical facility in West Palm Beach. Just before 6 p.m. Monday, Cahill was brought to police headquarters to be interviewed by detectives. He will be booked into the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Main Detention Center, facing one count of making a false bomb threat, a second-degree felony.
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This release by:
Mike Jachles/PIO
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