A 37-year-old Florida man, Timothy Aviles, is accused of making a bomb threat at a Home Depot in Cutler Bay. Allegedly, he claimed to have the explosive device in his backpack, but authorities only found Tide bottles instead.

According to a criminal complaint obtained by Law & Crime, the incident occurred on Wednesday, October 8. At around 3:50 p.m., a loss prevention officer working at the Home Depot located on SW 106th Avenue noticed a shoplifter allegedly concealing items on his person and on his backpack.

The officer witnessed the shoplifter, later identified as Aviles, going past all points of sale and exiting the store, the complaint said. Then, the loss prevention officer approached Aviles and identified himself.

Allegedly, Aviles dropped his backpack and told the officer that he

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