A 19-year-old man from Pennsylvania has been charged with making a bomb threat at a store on Newbury Street in Boston. Lucas Lembeck, of Wayne, Pennsylvania, is accused of giving a shopper at an Urban Outfitters store a note claiming he had a bomb, along with a yellow Starburst, as reported by Boston 25 News.
At 12:40 p.m. on Tuesday, a shopper at Urban Outfitters in Boston received a note from Lembeck that read, “I have a bomb don’t say a (expletive) word,” as per NBC Boston. The shopper alerted authorities, and Boston Police reviewed security footage, identifying a person matching Lembeck’s description. Lembeck was arrested after the shopper identified him across the street from the store.
Lembeck first denied entering the store but later admitted to the prank after being read his Miranda rights. “It was dumb,” he told police, believing the victim would recognize it as a joke. Investigators found matching paper in his pocket and several packages of Starbursts, some unopened and one opened, as detailed by Boston 25 News…